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Ahmed Néjib Chebbi was arrested today, Thursday, December 4, in Tunis after being sentenced to 12 years in prison in a sham trial in which he was accused of “conspiring against state security.” Chebbi, who is 81, is one of the country’s best-known left-wing opponents and has had a long political career that led him…

The BREEZE project analyses experiences from Georgia, Germany, Spain and Ukraine, and introduces the framework of “transformative trauma-sensitivity”.   NOVACT has participated in the new report Toward Transformative Trauma-Sensitivity in Youth Work and Peace Education, a comparative study developed within the European BREEZE project. The research shows that trauma is far more common among young…

It’ll strengthen their complementary balancing acts for averting disproportionate dependence on the American and Chinese superpowers amidst the global systemic transition to complex multipolarity. Putin is on his first state visit to India in four years after having last visited what Russia considers to be its special and privileged strategic partner in December 2021. It…

President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for nearly five hours on Tuesday, but a deal to end the war in Ukraine was not reached. Russian officials described the talks as constructive but said “no compromise” was reached on certain issues. Earlier today, Germany’s foreign…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated on Monday that Mexico defends the principle of self-determination of peoples and their sovereignty, when questioned about the cases of Venezuela and Honduras, both currently experiencing tensions with the United States. During her daily press conference from Mexico City, the president recalled that Mexican foreign policy is guided by respect…

Statement by the BRICS National Committee on the Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela and the Complicity of the Milei Government: In response to the threat of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the position embraced by the Argentine government, the BRICS National Committee, dedicated to preserving South America as a land of peace, states:…

Des de l’Observatori de Drets Humans i Empreses (ODHE), SUDS i NOVACT denunciem que l’exclusió d’eDreams ODIGEO i la seva filial OPODO s’ha fet sense garanties que l’empresa hagi cessat efectivament les seves activitats en assentaments il·legals israelians. Alhora, destaquem que la pressió social ha estat clau per a la inclusió d’ACS, CAF, Ineco i…

The UN is being systematically starved of funds while the money goes to the insatiable military. If this is not short-sighted, irresponsible and shameful, what is? The United Nations is facing one of the gravest financial crises in its history. According to the UN Secretariat, by late 2025, only 145 of its 193 member states…

The takeover of power has been completed. Despite being protected by law, Attorney General Delia Espinoza was not reinstated as Attorney General, and the Congress of the Republic barred her from holding public office for ten years. The public is outraged, as Espinoza represents the rule of law, which has now been captured by authoritarianism.…

From Kisumu As part of the United Nations’ ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence’ campaign, the humanist section in Kisumu organised a community participation event in Hera Mosiko on 2 December. This year’s theme, ‘United to end digital violence against women and girls,’ emphasised the urgent need to address both physical and online forms…