Understandably, developing countries face unique challenges in addressing concerns related to the environment. Apart from the environment, poor developing countries have more pressing and immediate problems that oftentimes present themselves so forcefully that politicians are forced to make too many compromises, particulalrly on environmental issues. But simply ignoring “going green” will indeed destroy the base […]
Empowerment
Basically, empowerment is one thing that we always wanted to have in our community and government. Empowerment help make solidify our advocacies like human rights, social equality, freedom and democracy. It also helps develop our personal character to be responsible, tolerant, committed, and patriotic and law abiding citizens of our country. This positive side of […]
Saving the coral biodiversity of St. Martin’s island
St. Martin’s, a small continental island in the Bay of Bengal, is located on the southern most tip of Bangladesh separated from the mainland by a channel which is about 9 km wide. The distance between the island and Teknaf (the head of mainland) is about 34 km. It is said that in 1926, the […]
From the Source: A Communique From Zimbabwe
Today I got an email from a friend in Mozembique with an attachment of a citizen produced article made by Zimbabweans trying to tell the story of how Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF is using violence against civilians to ensure another term in office. I’ve posted excepts from the article at the bottom of the post but […]
Criminalization of Politics and Impunity: Chief Human Rights Concerns in Nepal
Although politics is the central nervous system of the overall human society, it becomes the most dangerous thing when it is highly criminalized. Should politics be captured by money-mongering adventurists, nothing in human society will remain within the human ethical framework. Self-destructive thoughts and actions result from criminalized politics. To prevent human politics from becoming […]
May Day Demonstrations Suppressed in Turkey
On April 30th, Turkish officials announced publicly that they would use force if need to be to thwart a May Day demonstration planned to be held in the center of the capital city of Istanbul. "We will use force as the law permits…It is natural that an illegal demonstration will be stopped," Istanbul Governor Muammer […]
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