Autor: pacifista

El passat 3 de desembre de 2025, organitzacions de drets humans i més de trenta eurodiputats van celebrar una jornada d’incidència política al Parlament Europeu per exigir a la Unió Europea que assumeixi les seves responsabilitats legals i polítiques davant el genocidi del poble palestí. L’acte va culminar amb l’enviament d’una carta a l’Alta Representant de…

The Director of SIPRI, Karim Haggag, was appointed to serve as a member of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

The year 2026 begins with a hangover: US imperialism reminds the world of its ugly past. A head of state is kidnapped, whisked away to the kidnapping country, put on display, subjected to a sham trial, and his country declared “run ” by the kidnapping nation (a protectorate). He is treated as a hostage in…

On 12 January, Karim Haggag, SIPRI Director, addressed Folk och Försvars Rikskonferens (an annual conference for the Swedish security and defence policy community).

Amid an existential crisis in northeast India’s well-known media house, the Assam Tribune group of newspapers, which worsened after the Covid-19 pandemic, a popular Assamese weekly newspaper lost its publication in the latter part of 2025. Asom Bani, once a mainstream weekly for Assamese readers for decades, stopped hitting the stands since September last year,…

12 January 2026, Quezon City.  As communities like Pandacan and Tondo prepare for the feast of the Santo Niño this coming Sunday, the EcoWaste Coalition pleaded against the thoughtless use of plastic banderitas, also known as “lastay,” buntings, or flaglets to mark the festive occasion in honor of the Child Jesus. Based on the monitoring…

In today’s rapidly emerging multipolar world, humanity has once again become disposable. The international order that once claimed to defend democracy, human rights, and collective peace has either collapsed or been hollowed out to symbolism. The ideals that once placed the human being at the center of global concern have been replaced by an unrestrained…

When asked by New York Times journalists on 8 January, ‘Is there anything that could stop you from doing what you want?’ Donald Trump replied clearly and unequivocally: ‘Yes, there is one thing: my own morality, my own mind. That’s the only thing that can stop me. And that’s good.’ Trump also said: ‘I don’t…

On 10 January 2026, as part of the activities promoted by Energia per i Diritti Umani, a virtual meeting was held in Malika connecting Senegal and Pakistan. On the other side of the screen, live from Pakistan, was Professor Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Minhaj University Lahore (MUL), home…

Warning to the reader. This article deals with a sensitive subject that may offend contemporary Western sensibilities. If you believe that criticism and debate are essential achievements and forms of emancipation, you will find little of interest in the story I propose and may be annoyed by it; therefore, I advise you to move on.…