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Rosamma Thomas
Intl. Organisations Ask UN’s FAO to Pull out of Partnership with Pesticide Firms
25 Nov 2020
On November 19, over 350 organisations from 63 countries wrote to the FAO expressing their distress and reminding the FAO of organisation’s priority to minimise the damage caused by chemical…
Peoples Dispatch
Organizations Across the Globe Condemn Moroccan Aggression in Western Sahara
18 Nov 2020
The Moroccan military launched an attack on the Sahrawi village of El-Guerguerat on November 13, violating a three-decade-old ceasefire in the disputed Western Sahara region
Lautaro Rivara
Haiti has a Long History of Being Assaulted by its Latin American Neighbors
23 Oct 2020
A 15-year peacekeeping mission by the UN in Haiti that ended one year ago still has unanswered questions about how Latin American nations came to participate in the occupation against a small,…
Sandipan Talukdar
Restoring Degraded Natural Landscape Could be Highly Effective in Mitigating Climate Change
20 Oct 2020
New research has suggested a mitigation process that would require a third of the planet’s most degraded areas to be restored.
Newsclick Report
‘Full-fledged Denial of Justice’: UN Expert on Massive Slum Demolition along Rail Tracks in Delhi
28 Sep 2020
The expert said that any eviction that results in homelessness is a serious violation of human rights and a breach of India’s international obligations.
Newsclick Team
Let’s Talk: 75th Anniversary of UN; Trust Breakdown in Parliament
22 Sep 2020
In this episode, we talk to Abdul of Peoples Dispatch on the 75th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations.
Peoples Dispatch
Hamas Announces Ceasefire with Israel
02 Sep 2020
Since August 6, Israel had been continuously attacking Gaza. It had bombed the region from the air, shelled it with tanks, and attacked Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast
Peoples Dispatch
Argentinians Demand Safe Return of Facundo Astudillo
01 Aug 2020
22-year-old Facundo Astudillio Castro has been missing since April 30 and evidence points to involvement of Buenos Aires police in his disappearance.
Abdul Rahman
Two Years of US Sanctions Against Iran
24 Jun 2020
The US withdrew the last set of exemptions provided to some foreign companies to work on Iranian nuclear sites in May, which also marked the second anniversary of Donald Trump administration’s…
Frank Barat, Noura Erakat
COVID-19 Chronicles : “Palestine Lives”
29 May 2020
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and assistant professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.