Category: Power and Democracy
Key Profiles at the Bandung Conference
Between 18 and 24 April 1955, 29 nations from the continents of Asia and Africa gathered at Gedung...
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The quote from MAW Brouwer is on the pedestrian bridge wall on the Asia-Afrika street. The street, previously known as Groote Postweg (in English: the Great Post Road), was named to honor the Asia-Africa Conference. Wikimedia Commons.
A City That Once Burned for Freedom: The Bandung That Was, The Bandung That Is
by Anisa Widyasari Right in the middle of one of the busiest streets in the city, on the...
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The heads of state and government, accompanied by heads of delegation of Asian–African countries taking a group photo at the 60th anniversary of the original 1955 Asian–African Conference as the peak event of the 2015 Asian–African Summit at the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on Friday (24/4). (ANTARA FOTO/AACC2015/M Agung Rajasa/15.)
The Long March from Bandung to the BRICS
by Walden Bello, with contributions from Shalmali Guttal The Bandung Conference in April...
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CHANGE? (FOR WHAT, FOR WHOM?) Bonifacio Day Mobilization. Manila, Philippines. 2016 November 30. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
Peoples’ Victories: A Watershed of Radical Hopes
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo The year 2024 saw a critical conjuncture for democracy as 3.7...
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Half truths and lies: PH government fails commitment to ESCR
The CSO delegation led by In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (IDEFEND) and Philippine...
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Country Rapporteur Asraf Ally Caunhye from Mauritius raises initial questions and comments from the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights to the Philippine delegation. Geneva . 18 February 2025.
More decisive action needed to guarantee ESCR and protect HRDs in the Philippines
IDEFEND’s Statement on the 7th periodic review of the Philippines at the 77th Session of the...
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Celebrating 30 Years of Focus on the Global South: Demanding Climate Justice, Expanding the Commons and Public Economy, and Promoting Real Security
When Focus was founded 30 years ago in 1995, it was up against the confident assertion of global...
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EVEN AS THE MULTIPLE CRISIS DEEPENS IN ASIA, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ADVANCE THE STRUGGLE FOR ALTERNATIVES
Focus on the Global South December 2024 The so-called ‘Asian century’ is a veritable jumble...
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Jess Santiago plays one of his songs at a gathering of artists-activists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 2024. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Human Rights Defenders honored for their work to promote and defend human rights
By Joseph Purugganan Originally published here. Written for Amplifying Human Rights Through Music:...
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Filmmaker JL Burgos and his mother Edita Burgos protesting the X-rating given by the Movies and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to their film Alipato at Muog, a documentary on the search for missing activist Jonas Burgos. Photo by Chantal Eco.
Culture amidst Conflict
By Joseph Purugganan Originally published here. Written for Amplifying Human Rights Through Music:...
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Advancing Human Rights, Economic Justice, and Participatory Democracy: A Call to Action
2024 December 17 Joint Statement on the 76th Anniversary of the UDHR and the 6th Year of the...
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[JOINT STATEMENT] Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review of human rights record
15 December 2024: On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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