Activists protest during the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2024) in Munich over a affordable pricing for a drug currently sold by pharmaceutical firm Gilead. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS by…
Read more Activists Challenge Pharma Company Gilead Over HIV MedicationOrganizers 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 WarnsThe Russian Supreme Court ruling making the “international LGBT movement” an extremist organization will come into effect on January 9, 2024. Graphic: IPS by Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, January…
Read more Fear as Russian Anti-LGBT Law Comes into EffectDr Abhijit Bhattacharya, MS, Central Hospital Kalla, Eastern Coalfields Ltd., assesses an x-ray of a TB patient. Credit: ILO by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press…
Read more Pharma Giant’s TB Drug Decision Welcomed, But Not All Developing Countries BenefitThe Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has left thousands displaced and disastrous impacts on the environment. Credit: Ukraine Red Cross/Twitter by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, June…
Read more Ukraine: Environmental Crisis Compounds Humanitarian Disaster Following Dam DestructionA doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter Press…
Read more Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Changeby Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Apr 12 (IPS) – The arrest of a US journalist in Russia has not only sent a…
Read more Russias Press Freedom ‘Worst Since the Cold War’ – AnalystsThe Abortion Dream Team (from left to right Natalia Broniarczyk, Justyna Wydrzynska, Kinga Jelinska) outside the Warsaw court after Wydrzynska’s conviction. Credit: Abortion Dream Team by Ed Holt (bratislava)…
Read more Poland Abortion Laws: Repression of Reproductive Rights and Out of Sync ActivistsWar damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday,…
Read more New Approach to Atrocities Needed, Say Ukraine War Crimes InvestigatorsOn March 6, 2022, Izyum Central City Hospital (Kharkiv oblast) was attacked as a part of what appears to have been a large-scale carpet-bombing campaign. Reportedly, the hospital…
Read more Destruction of Ukraine’s Healthcare Facilities Violates International Humanitarian LawRoma community protest in the Serbian city of Nis after dozens of families in a settlement in the city had their electricity cut off. Credit: Opre Roma Srbija…
Read more European Energy Crisis Hits Roma Populations HardRussia’s new law banning any promotion of what is seen as “non-traditional sexual relations” could stigmatise the LGBTQI community and put HIV/AIDS prevention at risk. by Ed Holt (bratislava)…
Read more Russia’s LGBTQI ‘Propaganda’ Law Imperils HIV PreventionNuclear experts warn that ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons could have devastating death toll and destruction. This photo shows the war damage in Borodianka, Kyiv Oblast. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak /…
Read more ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapons Could Unleash Untold Damage, Experts WarnInformal sector only received 4 percent of post pandemic funds even though the sector accounts for more than 2 billion workers, many of whom are women. Credit: IITA…
Read more Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support
