Category: Power and Democracy
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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Shui-Meng Ng speech delivered remotely at the opening of the 27th session of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) in Geneva, 23 September 2024.
“Where is Sombath?” Family of disappeared Lao activist demands answers
Originally posted at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
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Thai for Palestine
As we mark one year of Israel’s latest genocidal war of aggression against Palestine, the...
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Exploring the Intersection of Sound and Activism
Insights from the Roundtable Discussion “Sound of the Struggles and His/Herstory”...
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SOLIDARITY BEYOND BOUNDARIES. Peoples and movements in Southeast Asia converge in solidarity for Palestine at the Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week. Bangkok, Thailand. 2024 September 28. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
FROM THE MEKONG RIVER TO THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN SEA: FREE FREE PALESTINE!
Bangkok, Thailand 2024 September 28 A week before the world marks one year of Israel’s...
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Panisa “Khun TaTa” Ruengchai from Serii- Palestine
How we can build Palestine solidarity among our region
by Panisa “Khun TaTa” Ruengchai We are from Serii Palestine which is a Thai activist...
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TeduRISE. Valtimore “Bong” Fenis (center) shares his perspectives on the intersectionality of the struggles for indigenous peoples’ rights, self-determination, peace, and development during the Palestine Solidarity Session at the Mekong-ASEAN Environmental Week. Bangkok, Thailand. 2024 September 28. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
SOLIDARITY FROM BELOW
By Valtimore “Bong” Fenis* Heard of Palestine genocide? Myanmar military rule? Victims of...
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Argentinian President Elect Javier Milei. Image credit Mídia NINJA CC BY 4.0 Deed.
The Mess in Argentina
By Walden Bello** At the heart of Buenos Aires lies the lovely Calle Florida. The experience of...
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