News and Urgent Action

the most important part of our hike was the operation clean-up at the end of the trip. we got runners and trekkers to collect plastic bottles on the way back,…

“Belarus: Detained protesters ‘repeatedly beaten’ and abused in post-election crackdown. Human rights groups have denounced inhumane conditions in which thousands of people in Belarus have been detained, amid the state’s…

‘i am stronger than you think’, say the people who have been silenced for soooo long but no more!!! read current news: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/12/belarus-protesters-and-police-clash-for-third-night-as-eu-threatens-sanctions [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

On this important anniversary, our friends at Institute for Policy Studies are calling for a commitment from the US to end the use of nuclear weapons: “The United States owes…

‘Beirut explosion: Lebanon PM laments ‘catastrophe’ that killed at least 100 and wounded 4,000.’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/lebanon-in-mourning-after-deadly-beirut-blasts [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

“This can come in many forms, from rallies, marches and civil disobedience to creative resistance, which Brazilian filmmaker and activist Iara Lee, another Gaza Freedom Flotilla member and founder of…

i am literally going to SHANGRI-LA: HAWAII, 2020 dec, to screen and do a residency at Shangri La – Museum of Islamic, Culture, & Design/ Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic…

a USA president that would go to war with IRAN. and with that innocent IRANIANS will die and cultural heritage will be destroyed! time for all citizens of the world…

while PNG/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA achieved its independence from Australia in 1975, the western half of the island of New Guinea, WEST PAPUA, continues to be occupied by INDONESIA since…

the innocent, defenseless pay the highest price!! [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]