June 29th, 2014
Refugee's protest march to Bruxelles
| type: | Protest |
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| by: | FairPlanet Editorial Team |
On June, 26th, refugees registered in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Italy demonstrated in Bruxelles for a humane asylum policy in Europe and demanded of the EU-Authorities to take responsibility for their destructive and military foreign policy which makes human beings to become refugees in the first place.
The demonstration followed a six weeks and 450 km long march, starting in Straßbourg. By participating, the marching refugees actively protested for the freedom of movement. They do not want pity, they want to work and demand their human rights.
You can support them by sharing the video.
vimeo.com
June 24th, 2014
| type: | Petition |
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Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Egyptian court found [...]
amnesty.org.au
June 22nd, 2014
| type: | NGO |
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Working rights keep being violated wordwide. The construction works in Sotschi 2014 are just one of the many examples where worker's lives and well-being was put at risk to satisfy the [...]
ituc-csi.org
June 18th, 2014
| type: | Donation, NGO |
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| by: | FairPlanet Editorial Team |
Since 1971 the doctors without borders provide medical aid to people who suffer force of arms, poverty or natural catastrophe. In times of war, like currently taking place in Syria, their help is needed more than ever.
doctorswithoutborders.org
June 16th, 2014
| type: | Petition |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Since June 2013, thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets in unprecedented mass protests. They have complained about increases in public [...]
amnesty.org
June 12th, 2014
| type: | Petition |
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| by: | Julia Lehmann |
The Great Barrier Reef is threatened by the world's largest coal port expansion. Right now, companies and investors from around the world have their eye on Australia, with plans to double Australian [...]
act.350.org
June 11th, 2014
| type: | Project |
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| by: | Julia Lehmann |
Having an impact is not that easy. But it gets easier when you find the right people to connect with. Impact Hubs exist globally and they offer space and the right atmosphere for all the creative and inspired people around us who are [...]
impacthub.net
June 14th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Peter Kearney |
A relative peace has existed in the north of Ireland for over 20 years. But a new conflict is brewing. Today it’s environment.
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June 13th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
He is described by his peers as strong willed patriot, but Ethiopia’s Abel Wabela fight for respect of rule of law has made him pay the ultimate prize.
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June 12th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
“The level of violence in Zimbabwe around election time is just too much and nothing that those of us who have seen our colleagues brutalised can stand."
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June 11th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Ndubuaku Kanayo |
Aggrieved women in Ondo, a South-Western state in Nigeria, took to the streets last month to protest the rising cases of attacks, rituals and kidnapping.
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June 06th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
Thousands of people of all faiths broke the fast together during a buzzing Street Iftar event in North London.
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June 04th, 2019
| in: | Nature, Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
Taking climate action means readdressing the foundations of our identities.
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June 03rd, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
Anyone speaking to Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has to talk loudly. This is not because the 76-year-old leader is getting senile. He [...]
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May 31st, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Yair Oded |
A new Change.org petition calls on Alabama House of Representatives Majority Leader to overturn the notorious abortion ban.
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May 29th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Economy, Arts |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
Mediterranea is a platform of different civil society initiatives, whose objective is to save the lives of refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea by boat.
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May 28th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
For many years, women living in Saudi Arabia had to contend with guardianship—essentially, the men in their lives have complete control over where [...]
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May 27th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Neelo Aysha Scholz |
FairPlanet spoke with New Zealand academic, Rachel Jane Liebert, whose letter to her home country a day after the Christchurch attacks caught our attention.
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May 24th, 2019
| in: | Nature, Economy |
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| partner: | NewsDeeply |
What role is the almond industry playing in advancing groundwater recharge?
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May 21st, 2019
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Sofia Gallarate |
| partner: | Screen Shot |
A group of scientists and academics have joined forces to find a different, more beneficial, approach towards autonomous and intelligent technologies.
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May 20th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
Weeks after the calamity of Cyclone Idai, nothing had changed for the villagers around the Nyahode River in Zimbabwe.
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May 15th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Shuriah Niazi |
In India, some people have issues with the way people from the LGBTQ community lead their lives.
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May 13th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
What lies behind the ‘biggest civil disobedience event in recent British history’?
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