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PEC expresses concern over the sealing of the UNI office in Delhi
Geneva/Delhi, 22 March 2026: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over sealing of the office of United News of India (UNI, one of the country’s oldest news agencies) in New Delhi on Friday and urged the concerned parties to reconsider the decision. According to the local media outlets,…
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Nuestra América Convoy, Solidarity Meetings in Cuba
European activists who traveled to Cuba as part of the Let Cuba Breathe campaign visited the Finlay Institute of Vaccines to learn about the vaccine research and production projects that have given Cuba a prominent role in the international scientific community. “Thank you for the hope and certainty you are giving us: Cuba is not…
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Protest in Montreal asking Canada to stay out of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East
Canada and the government of Mark Carney are being urged to stay out of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Today a large demonstration was held in Montreal to denounce the war in Iran,Lebanon and the Palestinian genocide. Demonstrators marched downtown and gathered to protest the actions of the United States and Israel. They…
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Iran. ‘Neutral’ Switzerland Halts Arms Exports to the U.S.
The Federal Council has halted the shipment of arms to the United States, a nation engaged in war against Iran. The Council has ordered a suspension of all exports of weapons and military components to that country, citing the “principle of neutrality” and the law regulating the export of such materials. According to local media,…
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War on Credit
The US fired over $11 billion worth of munitions in Iran in one week. The true cost will only become apparent years later. Daniel Ryser for the online newspaper INFOsperber What distinguishes modern warfare is not its cruelty—that is as old as war itself—but its accounting. Consider the figure that circulated through the corridors of…
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The U.S./Israeli Bombing of Iran Violates International Law
Statement of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms* The United States/Israeli bombing of Iran clearly violates fundamental rules of international law. It violates the sovereignty of Iran, contrary to Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.…
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Urgent Action: Free Conscientious Objector Yurii Sheliazhenko
Yurii Sheliazhenko, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, IPB Council member, and a well-known conscientious objector, was detained by Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv on Thursday, March 19th. This action was taken without a proper legal basis and without compliance with the procedural safeguards required by Ukrainian law. It is a targeted human rights violation…
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URGENT statement about the unlawful detention and deprivation of liberty of Yurii Sheliazhenko
The undersigned organisations are shocked by the detention and deprivation of liberty of human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko, today March 19th, by the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv. This is just weeks after a joint call to the authorities to withdraw from such persecutions of conscientious objectors and withdraw their ongoing persecution of Mr. Sheliazhenko.1 According to…
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Preventing Biological Weapons Proliferation: Operational Applications of Emerging Technologies
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Climate Injustice in Bangladesh: A Delta Nation’s Struggle for Existence
By G M Forhadul Mazumder (Dhaka Bureau) While Bangladesh’s contribution to global carbon emissions is negligible, the country stands at the forefront of nature’s severe retaliation as one of the most affected regions in the world. Situated across the vast delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers, Bangladesh is now ‘Ground Zero’ for global…