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Why Britain can’t save nature without facing up to who owns it
Rewilding
biodiversity
May 02, 2025
by Joel Scott-Halkes
OPED
How Egypt's arbitrary travel bans quash dissent
Egypt
travel ban
democracy
human rights
freedom of movement
September 19, 2022
by Marc Español
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Story
Inside global water-conflict hotspots
water conflicts
water security
World Water Day
Sustainable Agriculture
sustainable consumption
March 19, 2022
by Bob Koigi
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Story
Pride-friendly at home, queerphobic in China
LGBTQI rights
China
corporate social responsibility
December 23, 2021
by Sasha Kong
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Story
A missed opportunity to preserve oasis agriculture in Gabès, Tunisia?
Tunisia
agricultural economy
UN Foods Systems Summit
September 16, 2021
by Hanne Knaepen
OPED
The Spanish say ‘no’ to macro cattle farms
Sustainable Agriculture
Greenpeace Spain
cattle ranching
water pollution
petition
May 14, 2021
by Magdalena Rojo
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Story
Securing land rights of indigenous communities in Tanzania
indigenous rights
Sustainable Agriculture
Tanzania
NGO
April 28, 2021
by Bob Koigi
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Petition: Ontario must repeal new law facilitating animal cruelty
Canada
animal cruelty
petition
Change.org
activism
Regan Russell
January 20, 2021
by Yair Oded
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Story
Hear the voices of Eswatini’s LGBTQ+ community
LGBTQ Rights
Eswatini
petition
NGO
activism
healthcare
colonialism
December 04, 2020
by Yair Oded
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As indigenous people protest in Colombia we must rally with them
land defenders
conservation
rainforest
Colombia
indigenous rights
petition
activism
November 09, 2020
by Steve Trent
OPED
‘The Uterus Collector’: end forced sterilisation of inmates and abolish ICE
Ice
US immigration
human rights
women's rights
women's health
Reproductive Rights
petition
Change.org
November 03, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Activists demand EU action against Poland’s LGBT free zones
Law and Justice party (PiS)
LGBTQ Rights
NGO
petition
European Commission
homophobia
October 13, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Stop the construction of the CGL pipeline on indigenous land!
indigenous rights
Fracking
oil and gas industry
corruption
colonialism
Wet'suwet'en
October 02, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Growing alarm over rising deaths of environment and land activists
environmental activism
indigenous people
natural resources
Coronavirus
COVID-19
September 15, 2020
by Bob Koigi
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Story
An ecosystem-relevant update is ready for download
climate crisis
Coronavirus
renewable energy
sustainable production
Green New Deal
European Union
NGO
September 03, 2020
by Nora Sophie Griefahn, Tim Janßen
OPED
EU: fight the oppression of LGBTQ people in Poland
Poland
LGBTQ Rights
Change.org
petition
European Union
European Commission
European Parliament
police brutality
homophobia
August 24, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Tension in Belarus rises as presidential election day approaches
Putin
Alexander Lukashenko
presidential election
August 05, 2020
by Igor Serebryany
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Petition calls on U.S. to oppose military coup in Bolivia
Change.org
petition
Bolivia
human rights
elections
democracy
USA
August 03, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
U.S. Congress: end immunity for criminal cops!
USA
congress
police brutality
George Floyd
qualified immunity
Change.org
petition
systemic racism
July 10, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
How the EU should confront ongoing war-crimes in Syria
Syria
Idlib
Russia
humanitarian aid
European Union
United Nations
AfD
genocide
Bashar al-Assad
Green party
July 03, 2020
by Omid Nouripour
OPED
Ocean Oil Spills and their Impact
oil spill
ocean pollution
June 17, 2020
by Ama Lorenz
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Story
Petition: U.S. gov’t must include mixed-status families in COVID-19 relief package
petition
Change.org
undocumented immigrants
USA
Trump Administration
immigrant rights
COVID-19 coronavirus
May 26, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
The Irish Green Party is about to drink the poison chalice...again?
climate change
Coronavirus
COVID-19
election
environment
fossil fuels
climate action
May 21, 2020
by Peadar O’Cearnaigh
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Story
A La Luz emerges as platform for environmentally-focused artwork
art
environmental activism
artists
A La Luz
environmental art
petition
May 01, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Petition: EU must save its democracies during coronavirus
European Union
EU-commission
Viktor Orbán
Benjamin Netanyahu
mass surveillance
human rights
dictatorship
freedom of speech
freedom of press
COVID-19
Coronavirus
April 27, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
We should still push for government scrutiny, even if we're worried
virus
apps
tracking
surveillance
April 17, 2020
by Gurmeet Singh
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Editors' Pick
Latin America must cooperate to overcome COVID-19 crisis
Latin America
COVID-19
Coronavirus
April 10, 2020
by Ellen Nemitz
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Editors' Pick
Human rights crisis in the COVID-19 fight
Africa
human rights
COVID-19
Coronavirus
April 06, 2020
by Bob Koigi
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Editors' Pick
G-20: cancel poor countries’ debt amidst COVID-19
COVID-19
Coronavirus
G20
World Bank and the IMF
Debt
developing countries
April 03, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Editors' Pick
Petition: Stand up for Uyghur Muslims in China
China
Uyghurs
United Nations
genocide
forced labour
concentration camps
petition
Change.org
online activists
activism
March 30, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Remove racist language from Alabama State Constitution
USA
Alabama
segregation
racial justice
Change.org
petition
activism
March 03, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Trump lifts ban on landmines usage
USA
human rights
military
landmines
February 06, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Editors' Pick
Does AI threaten digital human rights in the global south?
Africa
human rights
AI
digitalisation
Internet of things (IoT)
February 04, 2020
by Ndubuaku Kanayo
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Story
Petition calls on world leaders to protect and restore forests worldwide
United Nations
petition
NGO
forests
climate crisis
conservation
rain forests
January 29, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Former female inmate’s call for Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
USA
women's rights
women prisoners
criminal justice
US Congress
Change.org
petition
January 13, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Story
Germany and facial recognition tech: a love affair
facial recognition
technology
civil society
January 11, 2020
by Gurmeet Singh
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Editors' Pick
A glimpse into the belly of the beast: Toronto, Canada as the mining capital of the world
Canada
Toronto
coal-mining
indigenous peoples
NGO
grassroots activism
environmental activism
December 18, 2019
by Valerie Croft
OPED
Change.org petition calls on African governments to outlaw hunting
Change.org
Africa
trophy hunting
mass extinction of species
petition
November 27, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
How the rise of holistic healthcare might actually put people’s health at risk
holistic health care
technology
wellness industry
digital therapy
November 26, 2019
by
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Story
Zimbabwe elephant deaths blamed on ban in wildlife trade
Kasane Elephant Summit
wildlife
climate change
Zimbabwe
Africa
November 25, 2019
by Cyril Zenda
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Story
Change.org petition calls on UN to conduct criminal investigation into Khashoggi’s murder
Jamal Khashoggi
USA
Saudi Arabia
ICC
United Nations
protection of journalists
freedom of press
November 18, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Trial against oil giant Exxon Mobil opens in New York City
Exxon
USA
environment
climate change
October 30, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Editors' Pick
Human Rights Violations: “This has threatened our reconciliation efforts.”
Muslim
Sri Lanka
Tamil
human rights
October 17, 2019
by
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Story
Change.org petition calls for emergency medical care for children seeking asylum in the U.S.
human rights
immigration
USA
asylum seekers
medical care
refugees
September 30, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
The case of the Zimbabwean lawyer who wants lobola (bride price) culture banned
Zimbabwe
women's rights
lobola
Priccilar Vengesai
bride price
September 12, 2019
by Cyril Zenda
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Story
Change.org petition pressures Canadian mining company to halt deforestation in Turkey
Turkey
Canada
mining
emvironment
Change.org
September 09, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Belt and Road Initiative: Advancing China’s debt-trap diplomacy?
China
Africa
debt-trap diplomacy
infrastructure
belt and road
September 04, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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Story
How eco-fascism inspired the El Paso shooter
white nationalism
white supremacy
eco-fascism
climate migration
August 07, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Editors' Pick
Petition calls on Massachusetts lawmakers to ban female genital mutilation
USA
female genital mutilation
Donald Trump
July 26, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Is southern Africa being punished for success of its wildlife conservation efforts?
wildlife
environment
poaching
Africa
July 17, 2019
by Cyril Zenda
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Story
Chinese police officers are wearing facial recognition sunglasses
Artificial intelligence
China
police
July 09, 2019
by Sofia Gallarate
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Story
Everything you need to know about 5G, and more
5G
technology
robotics
July 02, 2019
by
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Story
Why the economic game still outplays the environment
Has-Josef Fell
biodiversity
environment
climate change
June 24, 2019
by
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Story
The pioneering Push-Pull method and its appeal over agrochemicals
ecological agriculture
Africa
technology
biotechnology
June 21, 2019
by Stefan Diener
OPED
Street Iftar to fight Islamophobia
Islamophobia
United Kingdom
Muslims
June 06, 2019
by Federica Tedeschi
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Story
Petition seeks to overturn Alabama anti-abortion law
abortion ban
Alabama
USA
women's rights
May 31, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Botswana’s reversal of elephant hunting ban is the shame of the century
Botswana
elephant
Africa
environment
Mokgweetsi Masisi
wildlife
May 27, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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Editors' Pick
Almond Farms Keep Moving on Water Conservation
California
Almond
groundwater
May 24, 2019
by
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Story
Don’t fear AI, Extended Intelligence is coming to the rescue
autonomous and intelligent systems (A/IS)
Artificial intelligence
CXI
May 21, 2019
by Sofia Gallarate
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Story
Israel’s “pinkwashing” Eurovision
Israel
Palestine
Occupied Territories
Eurovision
Breaking The Silence
May 18, 2019
by Ithamar Handelman-Smith
OPED
Change.org petition pressures Oxford University to rescind honorary degree of Brunei’s leader
Brunei
LGBTQ Rights
human rights
Sharia law
May 08, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Blockchain innovation connects refugees to global economy
blockchain
refugees
technology
Banqu
Kenya
April 22, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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Story
Drones drive development revolution in Africa
drones
Africa
humanitarian
Rwanda
Malawi
South Africa
April 12, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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Story
Why millennials are using dating apps to find jobs and LinkedIn to find love
social media
Linkedin
Tinder
April 02, 2019
by
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Story
Petition calls on UN to pressure Saudi Arabia to free human rights activists
Saudi Arabia
human rights
Women's Right
activism
April 02, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Story
Do not look away. Reflect: The Queer Genocide in Chechnya
LGBTQ Rights
Russia
Chechnya
March 16, 2019
by Lyosha Gorshkov
OPED
The rise of automated policing in the U.K.
technology
Artificial intelligence
Harm Assessment Risk Tool (HART)
machine learning
February 12, 2019
by
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Story
The future of oil production in Nigeria
oil production
fossil fuel
Shell
Niger-Delta
Nigeria
January 30, 2019
by Frank Odenthal
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Story
The new age factory workers get their hands dirty with data
Artificial intelligence
China
USA
human rights
January 22, 2019
by
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Story
Excel spreadsheets and walkie talkies
automation
United Kingdom
January 08, 2019
by
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Story
The rise of community Monzo
monzo
Fintech
December 18, 2018
by
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Story
Genetically modified mosquitoes against Malaria
Burkina Faso
Africa
Mosquitoes
Malaria
Zika
November 30, 2018
by Bob Koigi
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Story
Another Threat to Coral Reefs: ‘Shifting Baselines’ of What’s Normal
great barrier reef
coral reefs
Australia
climate change
environment
November 29, 2018
by
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Story
Confessions of a zero-waste Amazon Prime subscriber
zero-waste
Amazon
plastic cotton
microfibres
November 27, 2018
by
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Story
Thousands demand release of separated migrants in the U.S.
zero tolerance
migrant
USA
Donald Trump
asylum
immigration
October 31, 2018
by Yair Oded
Read:
Story
Can an algorithm help us to make decisions?
Matthias Spielkamp
ALGORITHMWATCH
human rights
October 22, 2018
by Frank Odenthal
Read:
Story
What if an Algorithm Decided Whether You Could Stay in Canada or Not?
Canada
immigration
xenophobia
Artificial intelligence
refugees
October 11, 2018
by
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Story
What happens when human provenance is used to determine immigration rights?
migration
human rights
nationality
DNA
September 18, 2018
by
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Story
American LGBTQ families are under attack
LGBTQ
USA
civil rights
August 08, 2018
by Yair Oded
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Editors' Pick
Getting creative in resistance of facial recognition surveillance
facial recognition
biometric ID
MoMA
June 19, 2018
by Sofia Gallarate
Read:
Story
Illegal smuggling for oil in Ghana
Ghana
fuel smuggling
Tema
June 18, 2018
by Kwabena Adu Koranteng
Read:
Story
India is making sure it doesn’t lag behind the personal data collection craze
personal data collection
India
social credit
Adhaar
June 12, 2018
by Yair Oded
Read:
Story
Race to the Bottom: The Impact of Deep-Sea Fishing
fishery
FAO
seeflor
deep sea
North Pacific Fisheries Commission
June 07, 2018
by
Read:
Story
Pill-opticon: Electro-ceuticals and the future of medical surveillance
surveillance camera
UNESCO’s International Bioethics Community report
tracer
May 29, 2018
by
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Story
Yemen: The forgotten war and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
conflict
humanitarian crisis
children
Houthi
May 28, 2018
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
The future of warfare: online toxicity precedes violence
cyber-bullying
violence incitement
ISIS
warfare
violence
May 22, 2018
by Sofia Gallarate
Read:
Story
Plastic: Should it stay, or should it go?
plastic
bioplastics
pollution
Plexit
PET
May 19, 2018
by Michael Braungart, Suki Kler Young, Niklas Jonas
Read:
Story
Saving Ghana’s environment, a rap line at a time
environment
rap
hip hop
Edward Elikplim Ayikoe
West Africa
Eco rave
May 14, 2018
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Saudi Arabia humanoid Sophia has more rights than women
Saudi Arabia
Artificial intelligence
robot Sophia
women's rights
May 08, 2018
by
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Story
A fleet against the plastic garbage in our oceans
plastic garbage
ONE EARTH ONE OCEAN
environment
pollution
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
recycling
fishing
March 21, 2018
by Frank Odenthal
Read:
Story
Ethiopia bets on cash and food transfers to cushion rural poor
drought
cash transfer
refugees
Africa
Horn of Africa
March 19, 2018
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Data to defend land rights in Cameroon
land rights
TTransparency International
GIS technology
Data mining
satellite technology
March 02, 2018
by Israel Bionyi
Read:
Story
South Africa drought brews severe water crisis
drought
Cape Town
water restrictions
Africa
climate change
agriculture
February 28, 2018
by Shasha Seakamela
Read:
Story
"Muslims like us"
Muslim
Muslim Council of Britain
racism
January 03, 2018
by Federica Tedeschi
Read:
Story
Mauritius’ tough balancing act as a tax haven
tax evasion
tax haven
Paradise Papers
Mauritius
Africa
European Commission
December 20, 2017
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
The Mauritania anti-slavery voice
slavery
mauritania
Anti slavery
September 27, 2017
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Ghana's child cancer patients in need
World Child Cancer
Ghana
National Health Insurance Scheme
August 29, 2017
by Kwabena Adu Koranteng
Read:
Story
World’s first: The plastic-only boat to fight pollution
Dhow
environment
flipflopi
Kenya
plastic
pollution
The Plastiki
August 04, 2017
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Catch them young!
Esperanza
fishing
Greenpeace
Hope in West Africa
May 08, 2017
by Kolawole Talabi
Read:
Story
Bribery scheme uncovered in Nigeria's oil industry
BudgIT
corruption
EFCC
ICPC
Niger-Delta
Nigeria
Shell
April 28, 2017
by Kolawole Talabi
Read:
Story
Low cost soap against Malaria
Faso Soap
Gerard Niyondiko
Malaria
March 01, 2017
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
The elusive peace in Nigeria’s oil rich delta
militia
Niger-Delta
oil industry
oil spill
Shell
January 31, 2017
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
The Cameroon herbal tea girl
Anzisha Award
Cameroon
Diabetes
Vanessa Zommi
December 05, 2016
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Refugees - the winners of hearts in this year's Olympics
August 22, 2016
by Bob Koigi
Read:
Story
Where Love Is Illegal
LGBT
LGBTIQ
New Zealand
Nigeria
photography
Robin Hammond
Uganda
July 04, 2016
by Vanessa Ellingham
Read:
Story
Gauteng cab drivers up in arms against Uber
South Africa
Taxi
Uber
June 23, 2016
by Shasha Seakamela
Read:
Story
The slaughter of Gay men in Australia
Australia
Father Paul Kelly
Gay panic defence
homophobia
April 05, 2016
by Fiona Hammond
Read:
Story
The climate disaster is subsidized
August 25, 2015
by Itai Lahat
Read:
Story
Funded reportage: The pet coke’s prisoners
Capoacán
Coatzacoalcos
coke plant
contamination
fuel
Greenpeace
Jaltipan
Mexico
oil company
oil residue
Pemex
pet coke
prisoner
Red Cross
Tatexto
August 20, 2015
by Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Read:
Story
Save the fallen trees
agriculture
Cameroon
congo basin
deforestation
elephants
rain forest
seed disperser
June 11, 2015
by Israel Bionyi
Read:
Story
"We the people"
indigenous people
photography
Survival International
tribal
May 09, 2015
by Ama Lorenz
Read:
Story
The decline of the arctic sea bear population
Alaska
arctic sea bear
Elisabeth Kruger
WWF
May 07, 2015
by Hilary Bown
Read:
Story
Using leaks to prevent wildlife crime
Elephant Action League
Global Financial Integrity
Washington watchdog
WildLeaks
wildlife crime
April 13, 2015
by Tamsin Walker
Read:
Story
Ivory trade wreaks havoc on human lives
Born Free Foundation
Elephant Action League
elephants
ivory trade
Thin Green Line Foundation
WildLeaks
March 31, 2015
by Tamsin Walker
Read:
Story
Is there a way to break the cycle of hate and killing? Strawberries might help.
Cease-fire
Consensus government
Divest
Economic sanctions
Egypt
Fatah
Gaza
Hamas
Israel
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestine
July 24, 2014
by Murat Suner
Read:
Story
Cry for help from Syria
Avaaz
Geneva
peace talks
petition
Syria
January 23, 2014
by
Read:
Story
Kenyan Government must end forced evictions
Amnesty
amnesty international
Kenya
November 14, 2013
by
Read:
Story
Online petition to call on the Sudanese government to stop the atrocities in the South Kordofan province!
Abyei
Africa
Army of Sudan
blue nile
Delius
Enough Project
Khartoum
Naim Mohammed Hamad
oil
Satellite Sentinel Project
Society Threatened Peoples
south kordofan
South Sudan
SPLM-N
Sudan
Sudan's People's Liberation Movement-North
Sudanese government
Yagoub
Youtube
December 05, 2012
by Sara Jabril
Read:
Story
End the War on Drugs!
Colorado
drugs
Marijuana
Oregon
referendum
USA
war
November 08, 2012
by Jonathan Lutes
Read:
Story
People Power vs. Big Oil
compensation
Nigeria
Ogoni
oil spill
petition
Shell
the Hague
November 07, 2012
by
Read:
Story
Samsung: stop exploiting child laborers
child labour
children's rights
China
factory
Samsung
November 06, 2012
by
Read:
Story
Syrian Children in Crisis
child
children
Crisis
hope
Syria
violence
September 26, 2012
by FairPlanet Editorial Team
Read:
Story
Stop killing elephants for illegal ivory trade!
September 10, 2012
by FairPlanet Editorial Team
Read:
Story
CNN: No more ads from the Angolan regime!
September 10, 2012
by FairPlanet Editorial Team
Read:
Story
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