Frequent gang attacks in Haiti’s capital city, Port-Au-Prince have forced this family to flee its home. Credit: UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol by Oritro Karim (united nations) Saturday, November 02, 2024…
Read more Conditions Deteriorate from Persisting Gang Violence in Haitiby Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (IPS) – The next round of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, a…
Read more The Health of Gaza is Dependent on Humanitarian PauseIllicit financial flows. Credit: IPS Opinion by Khalid Saifullah (new york) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) – Khalid Saifullah, Fellow, Save Bangladesh…
Read more To Put a Stop to Siphoning off Money, Start with DataReem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, at a press conference in which she discusses her findings on prostitution. Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS by…
Read more Prostitution an ‘Egregious Violation of Human Rights’—UN Special RapporteurOpinion by Saifullah Syed (rome) Friday, August 23, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Aug 23 (IPS) – The student movement in Bangladesh demanding reform of the quota system for…
Read more Things Can Only Get Better for BangladeshMembers of the indigenous guard of the native community of Puerto Nuevo, of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, located in the central-eastern jungle of Peru. Credit: Courtesy of Marcelo…
Read more Government Indifferent to Invasion of Drug Traffickers in the Peruvian Amazonby CIVICUS Thursday, July 18, 2024 Inter Press Service Jul 18 (IPS) – CIVICUS discusses abortion rights in Brazil with Guacira Oliveira, director of the Feminist Centre for…
Read more BRAZIL: ‘The Law Should Protect Women and Girls, Not Criminalise Them’Organizers decided to cancel physical Pride events this year for fear of a repeat of violence that marred the 2023 event when far-right groups attacked festival goers. The…
Read more Georgia’s LGBT+ Law Could Lead to Violent Repression, Rights Group WarnsCredit: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Monday, June 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) –…
Read more The Age of Holy War & Poetics of Solidarity – (Part 1)Qurban Mamut (left) and Bahram Sintash (second from left) with their family in Xinjiang, China in 1989. Credit: Courtesy of Bahram Sintash Opinion by Iris Hsu (taipei, taiwan) Tuesday,…
Read more I Couldnt Remain Silent: Son Fights for Uyghur Journalists Release from Chinese PrisonLOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the TransLatin@ Coalition commemorated a significant milestone as it marked the launch of its 15th Anniversary Campaign during a press conference held in…
Read more 24-year-old trans Latina Angeleno & makeup artist shot to deathLOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the TransLatin@ Coalition commemorated a significant milestone as it marked the launch of its 15th Anniversary Campaign during a press conference held in…
Read more LAPD monitoring threats against TransLatin@ CoalitionLOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the TransLatin@ Coalition commemorated a significant milestone as it marked the launch of its 15th Anniversary Campaign during a press conference held in…
Read more Suspects break into home of Real Friends of WeHo’s Joey Zauzigby Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) – The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in…
Read more Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the TransLatin@ Coalition commemorated a significant milestone as it marked the launch of its 15th Anniversary Campaign during a press conference held in…
Read more South LA trans woman murdered, LAPD are looking for suspectsPLAYA DEL REY, Calif. – The mother of a sixteen-year-old boy is asking for community support as her son recovers from a vicious beating and stabbing by multiple…
Read more Mom says beating & stabbing of her 16-year-old son is a hate crimeA view of part of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second most populated city and main port, which is now dominated by violence as a hub for shipping drugs out of…
Read more What Is It Like to Live in Ecuador, One of the Most Violent Countries?Opinion by Melek Zahine (kabul, afghanistan) Friday, February 02, 2024 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb 02 (IPS) – Two months ago, an opinion piece I wrote, “The Cries…
Read more The West’s Addiction to War Must End in GazaCredit: Vladimir Zivojinovic/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, January 26, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 26 (IPS) – Serbia’s December 2023 elections saw the ruling party…
Read more Serbia’s Suspicious ElectionThe International Court of Justice in the Hague heard the South Africa versus Israel case earlier this month. Credit: ICJ by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Friday, January 26, 2024 Inter…
Read more International Court of Justice Set to Deliver Order in Genocide case.
