A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré Opinion by Meenakshi Ganguly (new delhi) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Oct 03 (IPS) – Meenakshi Ganguly is South Asia director at Human Rights WatchThe economic, political, and human rights calamity gripping Sri…
Protesters in Washington, DC, march against the alleged killing of Uyghur Muslims. June 2022. Credit: Unsplash/Kuzzat Altay Opinion by Mandeep S.Tiwana (new york) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 03 (IPS) – This week is a momentous one for the world’s premier human rights body. At stake…
Dozens more were wounded at the Kaaj tuition centre, in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in the western part of the capital, which the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) noted in a tweet, is a Hazara and Shia-majority area. No group has yet claimed the attack, but affiliates of the terrorist…
Junwoo Na and Jeeyoon Na campaign to save street dogs. Opinion by Junwoo Na, Jeeyoon Na (bangkok & california) Friday, September 30, 2022 Inter Press Service Bangkok & California, Sep 30 (IPS) – When I started living in Thailand, I noticed something peculiar that I had never seen in other countries…
Large cardamom grower Kaushila Moktan at her farm in Salakpur, eastern Nepal. Credit: Birat Anupam/IPS by Birat Anupam (salakpur, nepal) Thursday, September 29, 2022 Inter Press Service SALAKPUR, Nepal, Sep 29 (IPS) – Two and a half hours’ drive north from Kakarbhitta, Nepal’s eastern-most border crossing with giant neighbour India, lies…
The villagers work in a forest they planted to save themselves from the ravages of climate change. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service Sep 28 (IPS) – Some ten years ago, Sheemanto Chatri, a 39-year-old farmer hailing from India’s northeastern state…
Soo Hyoun Lim’s classmate doing a campaign inside the Yongsan International School’s cafeteria with the poster. Opinion by Soo Hyoun Lim – Hyeonuk Hwang (seoul) Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service Seoul, Sep 28 (IPS) – During my summer break this year, I read a news article about five school…
IPS youth thought leader trainees Minseung Kim (team leader), middle, Henry Cho, right, Dongjun Lee in the interview with Seong Hoon Kim, Senior Director, Platform Development Division of Korea Social Security Information Service. Opinion by Dongjun Lee – Henry Cho – Minseung Kim Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service…
A family evacuated from the floods has not received the promised tents or mosquito nets. Credit: Altaf Hussain Jamali/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Sunday, September 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Sep 25 (IPS) – Last week, for at least six days, hundreds of flood-affected villagers from around the outskirts of…
“We are at a time fraught with challenges. COVID-19 keeps resurfacing, global security faces uncertainty, the economic recovery is fragile and unsteady, and various other risks and crises are emerging,” he said in his address to the UN General Assembly’s high-level debate. Nevertheless, amid this “new phase of turbulence and…
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