Pakistan: Freedom of Expression at Stake With New Cybercrime Law
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
KARACHI, Feb 05 (IPS) - “I may not be able to continue hosting my show because the content I put up will most certainly land me in prison,” said senior correspondent Azaz Syed who works for a private TV channel, but who also has his own...
Trump’s Confrontational Domestic and Foreign Policy Defy his “America First” Agenda
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
NEW YORK, Feb 05 (IPS) - In less than two weeks in office, Trump issued scores of reckless executive orders that ironically will gravely undermine rather than enhance his “America First” agenda and America’s global leadership. Read the...
Italian Security Bill Seriously Threatens Rights, Freedoms
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from
Click to expand Image A demonstration takes place in Naples, Italy, outside the Poggioreale prison, where people gather to protest against the Meloni government's security bill 1660, October 28, 2024. © 2024 Manuel Dorati/NurPhoto via AP...
Benin: An African Pioneer
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
PORTO-NOVO, Benin, Feb 04 (IPS) - Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the lingering scars of COVID-19, and higher living costs amid the war in Ukraine....
Indonesia Considers Amnesty for Imprisoned Papuans
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Papuan demonstrators commemorate the 1961 Indonesian military invasion of West Papua outside the United Nations building in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 19, 2022. © 2022 Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters The Indonesian...
Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis Expected to Worsen in 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) - The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has deteriorated significantly since the 2021 Taliban Offensive, an insurgency that resulted in the Taliban’s reclamation of power and the fall of the nation’s...
A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) - US President Donald Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations. But judging by UN’s track record of...
Sahel States’ Withdrawal from ECOWAS Undermines Accountability
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from
Click to expand Image West African leaders before an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, August 10, 2023. © 2023 Abraham Achirga/Reuters Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger...
Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded during the last quarter of 2024. Read the full...
Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured. Read the full story, “Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight...
Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly Hall in New York and also represented her country, the United States, as a delegate. Read the full story,...
World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians. Read the full story, “World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World...
What the UN is doing in DR Congo
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group. Read the full story, “What the UN is doing in DR Congo”,...
NGOs, Trade Unions, Call on EU to Ban Trade with Israel’s Illegal Settlements
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Israeli authorities demolish a Palestinian home under construction in the city of Hebron in the Israeli occupied West Bank. July 25, 2024. © 2024 Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images Over 160 nongovernmental...
Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 7, 2024. © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Washington, DC) – The United States will...
Pakistan: Repeal Amendment to Draconian Cyber Law
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Journalists protest against the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, Islamabad, Pakistan, January 28, 2025. © 2025 Anjum Naveed/AP Photo (New York) – The Pakistan government’s recent amendment to the...
China: Travel for Uyghurs Heavily Restricted
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image A Chinese police officer for border inspection on duty at the Khunjerab Pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, January 2, 2025. © 2025 Hu Huhu/Xinhua via Getty Images (New...
At 10 Years Old, I Found My Voice Fighting Book Bans in the US
Monday, February 3, 2025 from Global Citizen
In the flurry of the US’s book bans, young Marley Dias is an activist working to keep and extend access to restricted books, particularly those representing young Black girls. The US has seen an increase in the number of books being...
EU, Other Host States Should Support Syrians Weighing Return with 'Go-and-See' Visits
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Syrian refugees in Turkey gather at Cilvegozu border gate on Turkish-Syrian border, after the fall of Assad regime in Syria, at Reyhanli district in Hatay, Turkey, December 10, 2024. © 2024 Berkman Ulutin/DIA...
Meet the Activist Transforming Kenyan Agriculture Through ‘Agroecology’
Monday, February 3, 2025 from Global Citizen
Like most African countries, Kenya is at the forefront of the climate crisis, grappling with severe droughts followed by heavy rainfall and flooding over the last year alone. These extreme weather events displace thousands of people,...
Taiwan Executes First Prisoner in Five Years
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Taiwan's Constitutional Court is seen at the Judicial Yuan in Taipei on September 20, 2024. © 2024 Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images The execution of Huang Linkai (黃麟凱) on January 16 marks a troubling step backward for...
US: Trans Youth’s Access to Lifesaving Care Under Threat
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Supporters of gender-affirming care protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2024. © 2024 Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP (Washington, DC) – An executive order by United...
Poorer Nations Deserve Climate Justice — So We Took Climate Change to Court
Monday, February 3, 2025 from Global Citizen
The Solomon Islands ranks as one of the most at-risk nations for natural disasters in the world and a large percentage of the population lives less than a kilometer from the sea that, with rising sea levels, threatens to engulf the...
Kazakhstan: Founder of Satirical Instagram Account Arrested
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Temirlan Ensebek talks to reporters outside a police station in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 15, 2021. © 2021 RFE/RL (Berlin, February 3, 2025) – Authorities in Kazakhstan should immediately drop...
Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans Against Critics
Monday, February 3, 2025 from
Click to expand Image An Air Algerie plane sits on the tarmac of the Houari Boumediene airport in Algiers, Algeria, December 6, 2020. © 2020 Fateh Guidoum/AP Photo (Beirut) – Algerian authorities have increasingly used arbitrary...
Rwanda: Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Goma
Friday, January 31, 2025 from
Click to expand Image People wounded in the fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese armed forces arrive at the CBCA Ndosho hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 23, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa...
Uganda: Supreme Court Bans Military Trials of Civilians
Friday, January 31, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Uganda's veteran opposition figure, Kizza Besigye (unseen), is transported inside an Ugandan military police vehicle as he arrives at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, on November 20, 2024. © 2024 Badru Katumba...
Feminist Activism Is Underfunded Globally — The Urgent Action Funds Are Fighting to Change That
Friday, January 31, 2025 from Global Citizen
In the first month of 2025, human rights defenders continue to struggle against the rise of authoritarianism and the repression of civic space. Facing violence, arrest, and threats to their lives, these activists rely on international...
How Africa Moved the World in the Last Two Years
Friday, January 31, 2025 from Global Citizen
Over the past two years, Africa has become a powerful force of resilience, innovation, and progress. While challenges persist, the continent’s politics, culture, and environmental leadership have created ripple effects far beyond its...
Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law
Friday, January 31, 2025 from
Worldwide, large-scale monocrop agriculture is the most significant driver of deforestation. Bulldozers flatten natural landscapes, wiping out wildlife and destroying the forest resources that support millions of people’s...
Egypt: UN Review Spotlights Key Rights Concerns
Friday, January 31, 2025 from
Click to expand Image © 2023 OHCHR (Geneva) – The Egyptian government should accept and take urgent action to carry out recommendations made during a United Nations review of its human rights record on January 28, 2025, Human Rights...
Thailand Invests in Trans Health
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Patients wait at the Tangerine Clinic, a community health center with gender affirming care, in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21, 2016. © 2016 Diego Azubel/EPA/Shutterstock In a significant boost to recognizing...
US: Don’t Send Migrants to the Black Hole of Guantánamo
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from
(Washington, DC) – On January 29, 2025, United States President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a 30,000-bed facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to detain migrants. President Trump’s statement that he intends to...
Why John Legend is the Ultimate Global Citizen — on Stage and Beyond
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Global Citizen
We’ve announced it, and now the countdown has begun: John Legend will ignite the Global Citizen stage at this year’s Move Afrika events. Are you ready? On Feb. 21 and 25, we’re honored to have the EGOT-winning artist (Emmy, Grammy,...
Kazakhstan: Act on UN Rights Review Recommendations
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from
Click to expand Image Overview during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Geneva, January 30, 2025) – Kazakhstan should promptly express its...
Northeast Syria: Apparent War Crime by Türkiye-Backed Forces
Thursday, January 30, 2025 from
Click to expand Image A fighter of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army faction looks towards a bombardment near the Tishrin Dam in the vicinity of Manbij, in the east of Syria's northern Aleppo province, on January 10, 2025. © 2025...
The US Administration Freezes Foreign Aid: A Crisis in the Making
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from Global Citizen
A flurry of new directives from the new US administration halting virtually all foreign aid spending has left government agencies and partner organizations shocked and millions of people around the world more vulnerable. It’s a...
How Swedish Foreign Aid Saves Lives
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Global Citizen
Ending extreme poverty and improving global health go hand in hand. Good health isn’t just about surviving — it’s about thriving. People can work, earn an income, and support their families when they are healthy. Strong health gives...
Trump Is Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Global Citizen
It’s official — Donald Trump is once again President of the United States. One of his first orders of business? Something that climate diplomats and activists alike have been bracing for: the US’s second withdrawal from the Paris...
Four Technological Innovations Transforming Pakistan's Polio Eradication Efforts
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Global Citizen
A decade ago, the fight against polio looked very different. The tools were simpler, yet the resolve was unwavering. Health workers went door to door, carrying life-saving vaccines in their coolers, determined to reach every child....
Kigali and Lagos, Are You Ready to Earn Tickets to Move Afrika?
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from Global Citizen
We’re excited to announce that EGOT-winning, critically acclaimed, multiplatinum artist and producer, John Legend will headline the 2025 edition of Move Afrika. “I’m honored and excited to perform in Kigali and Lagos as part of the...
How Man’s Best Friend Sparked a Global Movement: The Brady Hunter Foundation’s Mission to Transform Lives
Monday, January 13, 2025 from Global Citizen
They say dogs are man’s best friend, offering unconditional love, loyalty, and companionship. For Josh Fox, his dog Brady was all that and more. Brady’s brother, Hunter, continues to embody the unbreakable bond between humans and...
Los Angeles Wildfires: 7 Ways to Help Those Affected, From Anywhere in the World
Friday, January 10, 2025 from Global Citizen
Several fast moving wildfires are continuing to tear through Los Angeles where they have destroyed entire neighborhoods in what could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The fires, which cover over 35,000 acres (over...
Beyond The Lens: Spotlighting Vietnam’s Marginalized Women
Friday, December 20, 2024 from Global Citizen
Photography and mixed media are easy to find in this vastly overstimulated world. What’s not as easy to find is images and artistry that convey a deep-rooted connection and complete empathy for social issues. Enter: Global Citizen...
2024 in Review: How Global Citizens Made a Difference
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from Global Citizen
As we close the chapter on 2024, we want to take a moment to reflect on a truly transformative year. Through campaigns like Global Citizen: NOW and Global Citizen Festival , world leaders, artists, and philanthropists came together...
Polio in Pakistan: Tackling Fake Vaccine Records, Political Hurdles, and the Fight to End the Virus
Monday, December 16, 2024 from Global Citizen
From fake vaccination records to targeted killings of health workers, global health organizations face a range of challenges as they work to eradicate polio in Pakistan. The country remains one of only two countries worldwide, alongside...
One Price for the Planet: The Case for Universal Carbon Pricing
Friday, December 13, 2024 from Global Citizen
Fiction, Or Soon a Reality? The air shimmered like molten glass, suffocating everything it touched. In an ordinary town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the sun rose like a merciless predator, each ray a lash of unbearable heat. Families crowded...
Championing Cervical Cancer and HPV Prevention: A Story of Dedication and Resilience in Rural Lesotho
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from Global Citizen
“Some people in the deep rural areas don’t believe that there is cervical cancer and that it can affect them,” says Mabohlokoa Selemele (31), a “Mentor Mother” at mothers2mothers (m2m) in Lesotho. Mentor Mothers are trained and employed...
The Global Safety Net Frays: European Countries Cut Foreign Aid
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from Global Citizen
Public spending cuts have become a recurring theme throughout 2024 as governments tighten their budgets under mounting domestic economic and political pressures. Official Development Assistance (ODA), or foreign aid, has consequentially...
How Conflict Damages Global Healthcare Systems
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from Global Citizen
Conflict zones worldwide have increased 65% over the last three years , threatening economic growth and causing humanitarian crises. The destruction that results from conflict can haunt communities for years, leading to widespread...