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Survivors Bring Case to End Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’
Click to expand Image Tomoya Asanuma (center) appears alongside his legal counsel at a press conference after filing a lawsuit on "hostage justice" at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, 2025. The mannequin next to him representsYo Amano, who has been detained without trial for over six years. 2025 Lalasa Tomita/Human Rights Watch Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed alawsuit at the Tokyo District Court...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:
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South Koreans Await Court’s Verdict on President’s Impeachment
Click to expand Image South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, March 24, 2025. 2025 Heon-Kyun Jeon /Pool Photo via AP Photo South Korea’s Constitutional Court’sreinstatement of Han Duck-soo as prime minister yesterday, overturning his impeachment, is a significant development in the country’s political crisis. But despite superficial similarities, Han’s case bears little...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Türkiye: Court Jails Istanbul Mayor
Click to expand Image Banner on the Istanbul Municipality building shows mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, March 22, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, March 24, 2025) – The formal order by an Istanbul court to detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition politician from the political scene, Human Rights Watch said today.Mayor İmamoğlu’s...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazil’s Favelas to the United States
Integrative Community Therapy and the concept of solidarity care offer a way to help create community, solve personal and community challenges, alleviate suffering, cultivate love and solidarity, and move us toward health equity and justice. That’s a tall order, but it’s within the capacity of the people. In fact, that is the only place it exists.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Bridging the Healthcare Gap: How Sick Pikin Helps Sierra Leone’s Children Access Lifesaving Treatments
As geopolitical shifts and domestic pressures in donor countries increasingly dictate the future of global health assistance, smaller nonprofits, like Sick Pikin in Sierra Leone, continue relying on the communities they serve for support. With limited healthcare infrastructure and ongoing funding challenges, it’s clear that more sustainable solutions are needed.
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression
Given the historical, inherent biases in society generally and healthcare specifically, AI-driven advancements are not going to serve minority groups as a matter of course. Unless they are tailored to represent and serve all communities equally, they will exacerbate existing biases and disparities. We need representative data. How do we get there?
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights
Click to expand Image A womancollecting foodfroma Tafel-run food bank in Berlin, Germany, while children in strollers look on,July 3, 2023. 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women.Major gaps remain in the world’s third richest country between the...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
Click to expand Image Smoke billows over the Mississippi River in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. October 15, 2023. 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the secondglobal conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.As multilateralism is under threat, this convening is a crucial opportunity for...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Nepal: Extend Social Protection for Children in Coming Budget
Click to expand Image Children write in chalk on the walls of a Saraswati temple on the festival of Saraswati Puja on January 26, 2023. 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Bangkok) – The government of Nepal should use the forthcoming budget to protect the rights of Nepali children by expanding its popular and successful Child Grant program, 24 Nepali and international rights groups said today in a letter to Finance Minister...
Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source:Japan Doubts Myanmar Junta’s Election Plans
Click to expand Image People protest the military coup in Myanmar organized by the group "WeLoveMyanmar," outside the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae On March 21, during a session of the Japanese Diet on foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed “serious concern” about the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold national elections by January 2026....
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Trump Administration Shutters Research Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children
Click to expand Image Kherson Children’s House, an orphanage from which Russian forces allegedly took 49 children in Kherson, Ukraine, November 27, 2022. 2022 Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Trump administration has jeopardized efforts to find thousands of Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia and Belarus, and in doing so, may have compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials.After the US State...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:REI Workers Undeterred by Co-op’s Refusal to Let Union Candidates Run for Board
At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op board’s ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:The AI Paradox: Environmental Costs and Responsible Use
While AI can be a powerful tool, its environmental impact—through immense energy and water consumption—demands transparency from tech companies and intentional, mindful use from consumers.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Support Justice for Beirut Blast Victims, Families
Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut blast hold portraits of their loved ones on the fourth anniversary of the blast, August 4, 2024. 2024 AP Photo / Hussein (Beirut) – Lebanon’s new government should take all necessary measures to strengthen judicial independence and ensure that the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port explosion can proceed without undue interference or...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Ending Racism Means Addressing Its Historic Legacies
Click to expand Image A person waves a flag calling for reparations from the 1921 Tulsa Massacre during the Juneteenth Festival on June 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2021 Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is a day all...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Free Press, Democracy, and the Threat of Trump’s Illiberal Regime
Attacks on the press by the Trump administration are all part of the authoritarian playbook, which seeks to discredit journalism to control information, evade accountability, and consolidate power. The free press must resist.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Hungary Bans LGBT Pride Events
Click to expand Image A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest against a new law banning Pride events on March 18, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 2025 Janos Kummer/Getty Images Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliamentpassed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride and similar events, thereby penalizing public support for LGBT people in the...
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:UN Investigations on Iran Should Continue
Click to expand Image Overview during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran and ensure the continuation of a complementary international independent investigative mechanism with a broad mandate to...
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Who and What Is at Risk?
It took the Biden administration four years to make the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program functional. The Trump administration has already started to weaken it.
Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source:Take Action for Palestine
Discover the actions we're taking to push for an end to violence in Palestine and Israel, and find out how you can get involved. The post Take Action for Palestine appeared first on Peace Direct.
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Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:Peace Connect Tickets
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Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source:International Funding Cuts: You can help
Today we are seeing some of the worst foreign aid cuts in history, that put the work of our local peacebuilding partners at risk. Your support will enable their urgent work to resist and end global violence. The post International Funding Cuts: You can help appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:What’s next for Syrian peacebuilders?
Sara, Executive Manager at Peace Direct’s Syrian partner Swaadna Al Souriya, shares her story of the liberation of Syria and their plans for peacebuilding. She calls for long-term support to local organisations, humanitarian relief, media coverage and support for justice. The post What’s next for Syrian peacebuilders? appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source:The Funder Report Card
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Published on: February 04, 2025 | Source:Statement on the violence in Goma and eastern DRC
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Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Goma Crisis
M23, the rebel group backed by Rwanda have launched offensives in and around the major eastern city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), assuming control of the city of one million. People are experiencing an unthinkable crisis that is escalating moment to moment. The post DR Congo: Goma Crisis appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Localised Analysis of Conflicts in Beni
Actors, collective identities, and opportunities for peace in Beni, DRC. The post Localised Analysis of Conflicts in Beni appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:Israel and Hamas agree a ceasefire in Gaza
A ceasefire in Gaza has been tentatively agreed upon by Israel and Hamas. We hope it will enable humanitarian relief and lead to a permanent ceasefire. We call on the international community to centre local voices in all efforts to rebuild, seek justice, end occupation and build sustainable peace for the region. The post Israel and Hamas agree a ceasefire in Gaza appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source:DRC Emergency Update: 100,000 people displaced in one week
Violent clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have displaced over 100,000 in one week. Local peacebuilders are calling for urgent humanitarian support for displaced people and an end to the violence. The post DRC Emergency Update: 100,000 people displaced in one week appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 14, 2025 | Source: