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MAIA brings Smokey Mountain Demolitions and Proposed WtE Incinerator to Congress
Makabayan Bloc Files House Resolution 592, and the House Housing Committee Hears Smokey Mountain Residents’ Demands December 16, 2025. —Pressed to defend their homes against intimidation and illegal evictions for a 100 MW Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incinerator, the Manila Anti-Incinerator Alliance (MAIA), along with residents’ organizations from Smokey Mountain and support groups, brought their grievances to…
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2025: Another Deadliest Year for Journalists
Geneva, 18 December 2025: The year 2025 emerged as the deadliest year for journalists since the beginning of the century, after 2024. According to the tally of the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), 161 media professionals were killed in 31 countries (179 in 2024). At least 60 journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip, almost all…
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EcoWaste Coalition Backs Senator Risa’s Proposed Inquiry on Health Risks Posed by Unauthorized Health Products
18 December 2025, Quezon City. The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has signified its support for the inquiry proposed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros to address the health risks posed by the proliferation of unauthorized supplements and other health products in the online market. Consumers are advised to avoid health supplements and related products,…
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Understanding Russia’s Comprehensive Investment Packages for Africa
(Moscow Bureau) – Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a popular destination for conferences and summits, but on December 19-20, it will gather African foreign ministers to review particularly economic cooperation and investment possibilities with the continent during the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum. It has become the…
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The reason why Far Right political movements are growing fast and winning elections, is the Betrayal of the Left and Center.
In the US, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Chile, Argentina, Hungary, Slovakya, Austria and others the far right political movements have gained space, are in power or have gained the latest elections. A fast growing phenomenon not seen for a long time. As to the why of this development we must go back to the…
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Joint Presentation of 3 Million+ Signatures Urging Japan to Join the TPNW
3,449,012 Signatures Collected and Jointly Presented to GovernmentUrging Japan to Join the TPNWJapan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) On November 21, responding to the call of Nihon Hidankyo, the joint presentation of signatures on the petition: “We Call on the Government of Japan, the Only A-bombed Country in Wartime, to Sign and Ratify…
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Citizen Barometer on Peace, Security, and Human Rights
Issue 09, Nov.– Dec. 15, 2025 Created and produced by the Pamoja kwa Amani Coalition | www.pamojakwaamani.org | pamojakwaamanioscrdc@gmail.com Executive summary In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the repetition of events seems inevitable: the months go by and are all the same. Despite the signing of agreements intended to bring about peace,…
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IPB Statement Condemning US Escalation against Venezuela
18 December 2025, Berlin, Germany The International Peace Bureau (IPB) firmly condemns the continued escalation of the US military in the Caribbean against Venezuela, in particular the recently announced “total and complete blockade” of oil tankers leaving and entering the country which is an act of war. Following the recent seizure of a Venezuelan oil…
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In Memoriam: Cora and Peter Weiss
In loving memory of the peace founders we honour and remember, written by Colin Archer and Tomas Magnusson. Photo credit to Legacy.com. Cora Weiss (1934 – 2025) It is with deep sadness that the International Peace Bureau announces the death, at the age of 91, of our former President Cora Weiss (USA). Cora was a…
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Let Pedro Sánchez Sign the TPNW
IPB supports the call for Spain to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) before November 2026. Help Generation Zero Nukes reach their goal: 300 signatures to collect! The Spanish government has still not signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It must do so before the Meeting of…