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  • Germany: “We object because peace requires courage”

    During the night between Thursday, December 4th and Friday, December 5th, activists from the “Wir verweigern! (We object!)” campaign modified several German army posters to draw attention to the right to conscientious objection and counter propaganda in favour of war and violence. “For me, as a young man, it’s disturbing to see this pro-war advertising…

  • Not in our name! Meeting in Milan with Rabbi Dovid Feldman

    On Wednesday, December 3rd, an interesting meeting was held at the State University of Milan with Rabbi Dovid Feldman of New York, who was passing through Milan after participating in the pro-Palestine demonstration in Genoa on Friday, November 28th, and in the one in Rome on Saturday, November 29th, always wearing a keffiyeh around his…

  • BAN Toxics Cautions Bulacaños on Toys Containing Toxic Chemicals

    Urges LGUs To Initiate Market Monitoring and Inspections Bulacan, Philippines. With the onset of holiday gift-buying, toxics watchdog BAN Toxics advises residents of Bulacan province to exercise extra caution when purchasing toys, as some products may contain harmful chemicals that could potentially put children at risk. In a recent random market monitoring, the group visited…

  • Civil Society Calls Out the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s Push for Waste-to-Energy 

    Manila, Philippines – Environmental network Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) in Asia Pacific representing thousands of organizations across over 93 countries, express strong disappointment over the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s panel on November 5, 2025 during the 67th Ramon Magsaysay Awards Festival Season in cahoots with the Asian Development…

  • Tunisia: another political opponent arrested

    Ahmed Néjib Chebbi was arrested today, Thursday, December 4, in Tunis after being sentenced to 12 years in prison in a sham trial in which he was accused of “conspiring against state security.” Chebbi, who is 81, is one of the country’s best-known left-wing opponents and has had a long political career that led him…

  • New European study published to incorporate a trauma-sensitive lens in community work with young people

    The BREEZE project analyses experiences from Georgia, Germany, Spain and Ukraine, and introduces the framework of “transformative trauma-sensitivity”.   NOVACT has participated in the new report Toward Transformative Trauma-Sensitivity in Youth Work and Peace Education, a comparative study developed within the European BREEZE project. The research shows that trauma is far more common among young…

  • Putin’s Trip To India Comes At A Mutually Opportune Time

    It’ll strengthen their complementary balancing acts for averting disproportionate dependence on the American and Chinese superpowers amidst the global systemic transition to complex multipolarity. Putin is on his first state visit to India in four years after having last visited what Russia considers to be its special and privileged strategic partner in December 2021. It…

  • Russia and U.S. Fail to Reach Compromise to End the War in Ukraine

    President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for nearly five hours on Tuesday, but a deal to end the war in Ukraine was not reached. Russian officials described the talks as constructive but said “no compromise” was reached on certain issues. Earlier today, Germany’s foreign…

  • Mexico’s President reiterates Defense of Sovereignty, Non-Intervention amid tensions with U.S.

    Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated on Monday that Mexico defends the principle of self-determination of peoples and their sovereignty, when questioned about the cases of Venezuela and Honduras, both currently experiencing tensions with the United States. During her daily press conference from Mexico City, the president recalled that Mexican foreign policy is guided by respect…

  • Facing the Threat of Invasion Against Venezuela: Statement From the BRICS National Committee of Argentina

    Statement by the BRICS National Committee on the Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela and the Complicity of the Milei Government: In response to the threat of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the position embraced by the Argentine government, the BRICS National Committee, dedicated to preserving South America as a land of peace, states:…