Stop Criminalizing Peasant Women! Sumalo, Philippines
HIC-HLRN expresses its solidarity with the nine (eight of them women) peasant leaders of SANAMABASU (Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Barangay Sumalo), a Filipino peasant organisation. Today, on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, they
Published : 08 March 2023
Will Californians Have the Right to Housing?
Should Californians have a right to housing? New constitutional amendment could guarantee it Housing is California’s biggest challenge, but would a constitutional right to a place to live make a difference for state residents? Assemblyman Matt
Published : 08 March 2023
Fire at Cox`s Bazar Leaves 12,000 Homeless
International Organization for Migration says fire destroyed 2,000 shelters in world`s biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh GENEVAA large fire that swept through a camp in Bangladesh`s Cox`s Bazar has impacted around 12,000 Rohingya refugees, causing considerable
Published : 06 March 2023
Petition: Volkswagen Using Forced Uyghur Labor
A shocking new report shows Volkswagen is buying car parts from East Turkestan/Xinjiang, the Uyghur region of China, where the Uyghur people are being tortured, brainwashed, and forced to work by the Government of China. Call
Published : 04 March 2023
Barcelona Breaks with Tel Aviv, Despite Vote
Colau maintains the blockade of relations with Israel despite losing three votes in plenary The mayor`s party is once again left alone in the initiative to break the twinning relationship with Tel Aviv BARCELONA—The ordinary and extraordinary
Published : 03 March 2023
USA: More Seniors Becoming Homeless
More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen MEMPHIS, TN—On a chilly January morning, Tony Thomas stopped by a small house with the hopes of picking up some breakfast and
Published : 03 March 2023
A Proposed New EU Directive on Agricultural Land
Today, the European Coordination of La Via Campesina (ECVC) published a farmer-written proposal for a European Directive on Agricultural Land. The directive outlines how EU institutions can implement fair, democratic and sustainable land policies to
Published : 02 March 2023
Palestine: Israeli Settlers Attack Huwwara
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian families in Huwara RAMALLAH—A large group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families and their property in the northern occupied West Bank yesterday. Around 400 Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian town of Huwara, south
Published : 28 February 2023
Ecuador: Kofan Defender Eduardo Mendúa Murdered
The murder of Kofan defender Eduardo Mendúa reflects a systematic pattern of violence and criminalization against Ecuador`s indigenous peoples HIC-HLRN Joins the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) in condemning the murder of Kofan Indigenous leader and
Published : 27 February 2023
