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Sahrawi activist and journalist Braika Bahi has revealed a harrowing campaign of systematic retaliation aimed at silencing his voice. Bahi, a member of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Television team and an environmental activist, described a dual strategy of physical violence and economic extortion employed by the Moroccan occupation against him and his fellow…

Dear European governments, look at the map of U.S. military bases above and tell us again about your self-respect, about how you’re going to fight Trump in Greenland (where he also has a military base), about all the military violence metaphors in your newspapers’ columns about trade policies, but understand that we know about the thing you’ve…

Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s opposition figures – who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela – have hoped that regime-change efforts in Caracas would encourage Washington to destroy Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. John Perry and Roger D. Harris Republican senator Rick Scott thinks…

Belarus systematically suppresses conscientious objection, expanding criminal penalties, militarization, and coercive recruitment while undermining international human rights standards. January 15, 2026 1. Brief summary Belarus maintains compulsory military service for male citizens of conscription age (18-27 years), with conscription generally taking place twice a year. IIn 2025, this is confirmed by official documents on spring and autumn conscription.1 2 After…

The International Peace Bureau (IPB) expresses our deep concern for the situation in Iran, even as the most recent protests are reported to be winding down. The repeated cycle of protests have become more regular and have been met by disproportionate and unacceptable levels of violence against legitimate demands. The thousands of Iranians killed, injured,…

Three Principles for the Year ahead Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General I will make every day of 2026 count. I am fully committed and fully determined to keep fighting, and to keep pushing for the better world that we know is possible. In a world brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality, and unpredictability, we cannot afford…

The last twenty-five years trace the slow collapse of a global order built on legal exceptionalism, unchecked power, and the illusion that force could replace cooperation. Trumpism began long before Donald Trump took office. It emerged through the expansion of authoritarian executive power, justified by a permanent state of emergency. To understand this trajectory, we…

Ember, a non-profit organization specializing in energy transition, released the tenth edition of its European Electricity Review today, January 22. This annual report highlights how, for the first time, energy production from renewable sources has exceeded that from fossil fuels in the European Union. In 2025, considering the 27 member states of the European Union…

Quantum technologies are often presented in public discourse as one of the most promising scientific frontiers of the twenty-first century. The so-called “second quantum revolution” encompasses developments such as quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and quantum sensing—technologies that are now transitioning from fundamental research to early industrial applications. While large-scale commercial deployment is still limited, concrete…

Monaeka Flores has been elected as a board member in 2025. Monaeka is the Executive Director and a founding member of PrutehiGuåhan (formerly Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian) and afounding member and core organizer of the collective Mariånas for Palestine. Prutehi Guåhan is a community-based direct-action group in Guam, an “unincorporated territory” and military colony of…