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After issuing an official ordinance to stop the forced cremation of Muslims and Christians, as result of an international campaign led by the Justice for All Sri Lankan Task Force, the Sri Lankan government has flip flopped on that decision.

Irish human rights organisation Front Line Defenders and Trinity College Dublin’s ‘Centre for Resistance Studies’ announced an at-home screening of the ‘Nasrin’ documentary film on March 9, 2021.

Foreign MPs, labour organisations, celebrities, activists, progressive groups world over, express solidarity with the
Farmers’ Movement in India. Around 75 progressive, people’s organisations across the globe signed a full-page declaration on February 16, 2021.

Global Citizen, the international advocacy organization, has announced its Recovery Plan for the World, a year-long campaign and series of events designed to better the planet across five categories.

The Canadian Parliament voted in favor of recognizing the Uyghur Genocide without the blessing of the Canadian government.

WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General.

Karim Asad Ahmad Khan was elected on 12 February 2021 as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Criminal lawyer and human rights expert Karim Khan of the United Kingdom was elected on Friday to be the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Officials from the Biden administration have made statements in the press on reviewing former Secreatry Pompeo’s designation of the Uyghur Genocide.

Africa is in danger of being left behind in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, thus driving up prices, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.