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3 May: World Press Freedom Day

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World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as an encouragement to the independence of journalists and the media, to be celebrated each 3 May.

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UN rights office troubled by accelerated executions in US

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UN rights office troubled by accelerated executions in US with expiring drug a factor

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Israeli And Palestinian Women Must Raise The Banner Of Revolt

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On the sad occasion of the fiftieth year of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, I will be writing a series of articles that will propose a number of peaceful people-to-people measures—which have been largely missing—that Israelis and Palestinians must take to bring an end to the occupation.

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Day of Mother Earth

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The United Nations General Assembly in 2009 through resolution A/RES/63/278, under the leadership of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, designated 22 April as the International Mother Earth Day.

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Global trade to expand by 2.4 per cent in 2017

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Global trade to expand by 2.4 per cent in 2017 amid ‘deep’ geopolitical, economic uncertainty – WTO

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Strategy Of Force Coupled With Sound Diplomacy

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President Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase in response to President Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens has changed the dynamic of Syria’s civil war and potentially its eventual outcome. Trump’s attack sent a clear message not only to Assad, but to Russia and Iran, who are staunch supporters of Assad, and to North Korea, who has been testing the US’ resolve regarding its missile program.

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Reaffirming humanitarian law

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Syria: Chemical Weapon Use, Destruction of Children, The Ethical Vacuum
by Rene Wadlow

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Tax Day Protests Highlight Refusal to Pay for War

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War tax resisters redirect tax dollars from the Pentagon to people

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