Intellectuals- to take the lead in social mobilization and ensure that all required changes are implemented before it is too late. Agreement Proposal for Academic, Scientific, Artistic and Literary Communities -in short, for “Each unique human being capable of creating, there…
*Press release disseminated by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue 12 March 2019, GENEVA – Multilateralism must be people-driven. The current rise of populism around the world is inextricably linked to a feeling of being excluded and kept out of…
The Economist The European People’s Party has tolerated the Hungarian leader’s authoritarianism for too long ON JUNE 16TH 1989 Hungarians gathered to rebury Imre Nagy. The liberalising prime minister’s overthrow had prompted the uprising against Soviet rule 33 years before.
By Karessa Ramos* MADRID, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Imagine a world where women fully participate in society, and enjoy equal access to resources and opportunities. Most probably, the 2030 Agenda would be nearing its fulfillment and we would be closer to achieving the better planet we…
By LILI BAYER, MAÏA DE LA BAUME AND PHILIP KALETA – POLITICO Hungarian leader at heart of crisis for Europe’s center right faces big decisions on his party’s future. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at a crossroads.
By Thalif Deen * UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which diligently monitors human rights violations worldwide, believes that centuries-old slavery still exists worldwide—largely as human trafficking. The UN mandate on “contemporary forms of slavery”…
By Jim Lobe* – LobeLog The ongoing war in Yemen, called the world’s “worst humanitarian disaster” by the United Nations and independent aid agencies since early last year, received a grand combined total of 20 minutes of coverage on the ABC, NBC, and CBS weekday evening news…
By Peter Wehner* – The New York Times What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said. Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party as it did…
By Nick Allen* – The Telegraph Bernie Sanders’ singular refusal to compromise the principles of his left-wing crusade have helped earn him the nickname “America’s Jeremy Corbyn”. In policy terms there certainly are similarities, although Mr Sanders sits somewhat to the right of…
