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solidarity

November 8, 2020

Write for Rights campaign offers solidarity to victims of human rights abuses

People across the UK can join the world’s largest letter writing action to support individuals who have been attacked, jailed, harassed or disappeared.
October 1, 2020

Torres Strait Islanders step up their campaign in historic climate case

"We are watching our ancestors’ bones wash away, our crops destroyed by salinity, and our drinking water is contaminated", says a claimant.
July 30, 2020

Campaigners warn government against hoarding vaccines at expense of poorer countries

The government’s race to secure vaccine deals makes a mockery of its own rhetoric on equitable global access, say public health and social justice organisations.
July 27, 2020

Micro-enterprises in Rakhine state promote female leadership, solidarity and social cohesion

Micro-enterprises set up by the Lutheran World Federation in Myanmar are scaling up their production to meet the increased demand for reusable face masks in the camps for internally displaced people and other communities.
July 3, 2020

Uganda provides a safe haven to DRC refugees amid COVID-19 lockdown

The Ugandan Government and local communities have shown great solidarity with people fleeing conflict, says the UNHCR representative in Uganda.
June 20, 2020

Recently contacted tribe is 'the most infected' in Brazil

President Bolsonaro is overseeing the destruction of a people and the rainforests they managed and looked after for millennia, says Survival International
March 26, 2020

UN calls for easing of sanctions to aid fight against COVID-19

Sanctions should urgently be re-evaluated in countries facing the coronavirus pandemic, in light of their potentially debilitating impact on the health sector and human rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said.
March 2, 2020

UN disability expert warns against ‘ableism’ in medical practice

Current developments in medical research may revive eugenic ideas if safeguards for those affected are not ensured, says the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas.
January 11, 2020

Judges from 14 countries to protest judicial crackdown in Poland

Since 2015 the Polish Government has introduced a series of measures that have undermined the independence of the judiciary.
October 28, 2019

Churches express alarm and concern at Chilean crisis

The General Secretaryof the World Council of Churches has joined other church leaders in calling for a cessation of violence in Chile and a mechanism for addressing its root causes.