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  • Conscientious Objector Deniz Hikmet Hazer Arrested

    A conscientious objector and trans activist Deniz Hikmet Hazer, was arrested this past weekend as part of a sweeping, nationwide crackdown on LGBTIQ+ people and organizations. A conscientious objector and trans activist Deniz Hikmet Hazer, was arrested this past weekend as part of a sweeping, nationwide crackdown on LGBTIQ+ people and organizations. When Deniz publicly…

  • SIPRI hosts discussion on human security and the WPS agenda

    SIPRI convened an online event focused on integrating the WPS agenda into peacebuilding.

  • Warning Out on 48th Pakistan-Made Herbal Whitening Cream Contaminated with Mercury

    Warning Out on 48th Pakistan-Made Herbal Whitening Cream Contaminated with Mercury

    EcoWaste Coalition urges consumers to reject chemical whiteners and embrace their natural skin tone 28 September 2026, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is warning online shoppers yet again after discovering high mercury levels in another imported Pakistani beauty cream. With the discovery of mercury in Yaz Beauty Cream Herbal + Natural White,…

  • Civil society challenges AIIB to raise the bar on climate, infrastructure, and accountability

    Civil society challenges AIIB to raise the bar on climate, infrastructure, and accountability

    Doha, Qatar – Civil society organizations are urging AIIB to establish a fossil-fuel exit pathway, reassess large-scale hydropower risks, and strengthen accountability to project-affected communities. At the 2026 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Annual Meeting, NGO Forum on ADB urged the Bank to use its transition into a second decade to set a clearer direction…

  • Elites Have No Plan for the Climate Collapse

    Elites Have No Plan for the Climate Collapse

    Bill McGuire, emeritus professor, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, University College London, is unique within the scientific community. He claims that scientists have a public duty to tell the unvarnished truth, no matter how alarming. According to sources, he embraces the label “alarmist” re the “climate emergency.” This article is based on a recent interview with…

  • Prayer Rally for Justice and Rehabilitation: Release the DENR Communication Now!

    Prayer Rally for Justice and Rehabilitation: Release the DENR Communication Now!

    MARINDUQUE, PHILIPPINES | September 27, 2026 — The Prayer Rally for Justice and Rehabilitation, for the Release of the DENR Communication Now, was held. As the October 4, 2026, deadline for the Settlement Agreement between the Provincial Government of Marinduque and Barrick Gold draws near, MACEC—together with the Diocese of Boac, interfaith communities, civil society organizations, and the people of Marinduque—announces a Prayer Rally calling on the Department of Environment and Natural…

  • Harald Haarmann about Figurines – their intercultural potential for peace

    Harald Haarmann about Figurines – their intercultural potential for peace

    By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik. Here in the following my interview with the linguist and expert of cultural studies Prof. Harald Haarmann. He just published his new book entitled Figurines as Cultural Identifiers in Space and Time On the Nature of Human Interactions with Images. What is interesting and challenging for us today is the intercultural…

  • Israel: The Bombs Have a Budget. The Victims Have Names.

    Israel: The Bombs Have a Budget. The Victims Have Names.

    A war can be explained with billions of dollars. To understand it, sometimes it is enough to count four victims. 1. FOUR VICTIMS ARE NOT FOUR “War begins to win when it succeeds in making four victims seem like a small number. But four victims can be an entire family, two little girls who will…

  • Stop Settler Terror: NOW!

    Stop Settler Terror: NOW!

    We are not powerless. Join us, Jews and Palestinians on the ground, in taking immediate action against Israeli settler terror in the occupied West Bank. Every day that we provide protective presence and act against the occupation from within our society, one less Palestinian community faces this terror alone. Join our call to stop settler…

  • 18 Young Kurds in the Mediterranean: A Journey That Began with Hope

    18 Young Kurds in the Mediterranean: A Journey That Began with Hope

    They were not simply “migrants.” They were 18 young Kurds who decided to leave their homeland with a simple hope: to reach Europe and build a better life — a normal life, with safety, dignity, and the possibility of looking toward the future. According to information collected by Ranj Peshdari, an activist working in the…