XINJIANG — For several years now China has been building internment camps to detain Uighurs and people from other Muslim minorities. China describes these internment camps as vocational training and reeducation programs that aim to alleviate poverty and counter...
In recent months, the larger climate movement has started to embrace the fight against environmental racism. Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact environmental hazards have on people of color. Environmental justice is the movement’s response to...
MANILA — According to its own statistics, the Philippines government’s bloody “war on drugs” has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. In August, the statistics show, that the police killed 46 people during anti-drug operations. Human Rights Watch...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
Strong institutions depend on transparency or, failing that, the consistent pressure and exposure of a free and independent press. Here are 5 ways to support high-quality journalism: Subscribe to a reputable news outlet. Accurate and timely reportage requires time,...
Nairobi (ICRC)—Nearly 44,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at a time when restrictions put in place to curb COVID-19 create new challenges in searching for missing people. Forty-five percent of...
On August 25, 2020, the Africa Regional Certification Commission certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after four years without a case. With this historic milestone, five of the six WHO regions — representing over 90 percent of the world’s population —...
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Asia-Pacific nations are speeding up project approvals and removing environmental protections to spur economic growth dented by the coronavirus, moves that will hurt rural and indigenous communities, analysts say. Indonesia has...
