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16 January 2026 marked the tenth anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Milagro Sala, civil rights activist, trade unionist and social leader of the Tupac Amaru neighbourhood organisation in the Argentine province of Jujuy, who has campaigned for the rights of the indigenous population, some of whom live in extreme poverty. The case is one…

This petition calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Grzegorz Gawel, a Polish citizen unlawfully detained in Belarus. His imprisonment represents a clear violation of international human rights standards, including freedom of conscience, due process, and protection from arbitrary detention. Grzegorz Gawel, a Polish Catholic monk and humanitarian, has been unlawfully detained in Belarus…

Oscar Ernerot of the Olof Palme International Center responds to Daniel Färm’s editorial in AiP arguing that Europe may need its own nuclear umbrella as America’s can no longer be trusted. Nuclear weapons are increasingly discussed not as an existential threat to humanity, but as security-providing. Even within our own movement. This is an ominous…

by Asif Showkat Kallol  In the bustling constituencies of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, a new political drama is unfolding as top opposition figures break with tradition to contest seats in the urban heartland for the 13th national parliamentary elections. Amid festive campaigning across the country, these party chiefs are mounting vigorous bids, viewing victory not just…

By Maynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Journalists and other stakeholders have stressed the need to ensure journalists’ safety and security, as well as responsible journalism, ahead of the upcoming election. They said that while field-level risks increase for journalists during elections, legal complications, harassment, and uncertainty also rise. In this situation, they called for ensuring…

Sheeple is defined as “people who are like sheep, meek, conforming, easily led.” And they are easy to herd when frightened. America’s most prominent sheeple are well-known leaders in the fields of law, education, business, and philanthropy. Intuitively, these same high-ranking leaders are expected to possess strong backbones. They don’t. The Trump administration has exposed…

This region is not a slogan, nor a mere administrative territory. It is a living memory, a language that has endured for centuries, and a distinct way of being in the world that shapes thought, community, and daily life. Too often silenced or caricatured, its millennia-old history has never been erased by any power. To…

There are historical moments when a power does not act out of strength, but out of panic. Not out of cold calculation, but out of strategic anxiety. The obsessive insistence of the United States on Greenland belongs to that category. It does not respond to an immediate threat from China or to Russian military expansion…

With a powerful declaration calling for the defense of human rights, real democratization, and active nonviolence as a method of action and way of life, the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum concluded on Sunday (25). On the second day of the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum, activists worked on consolidating proposals…

join for an hour, a day, a week or the whole walk from Europe to Al-Quds/Jerusalem. Let’s create this walk together. Introduction The Peacewalk is a movement calling people from all over the world to walk together in a common call for peace and to learn what real peace is about. It is a collective…