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DURBAN CONFERENCE, 25 YEARS ON – Paul Divakar Namala: “Solidarity and Resistance Work in the Long Run”

2026-09-08T12:44:06-07:00

LONDON, September 8 (IPS) - My name is Paul Divakar Namala. I am the Executive Director of The Inclusivity Project and Convenor of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent. My work focuses on communities whose social status, occupations and exclusion are inherited across generations through caste, analogous hierarchies and systems rooted in traditional slavery.

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Beyond the Death Penalty Debate: Human Dignity and Justice in Japan

2026-09-08T06:46:30-07:00

TOKYO, Japan, September 8 (IPS) - A symposium examining Japan’s death penalty through the lens of human dignity was held on September 5 at Joseph Hall of St. Ignatius Church in Yotsuya, Tokyo.

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Trump’s “Comprehensive” Gaza Peace Plan a Cover for Genocide

2026-09-08T05:41:58-07:00

SYDNEY, September 8 (IPS) - It is nearly a year since the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2803 on 17 November, 2025, endorsing President Trump’s 20-point framework ostensibly designed to end the war in Gaza and create a roadmap for long-term stability. It is not clear what progress has been made. In August 2026 The Jerusalem Post reported “the IDF continues almost daily strikes in Gaza”, killing more than 1,200 Palestinians since the US-brokered ceasefire deal came into effect, seizing more territory, and continuing to restrict the movement of people and goods into and out of Gaza. Nickolay Mladenov, the UN High Representative on the Board of Peace, wrote in early August 2026 that “two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on”. Ironically, this genocidal strike happened only a few days after a US-brokered Hamas disarmament deal, which Trump called, “a monumental step” towards peace and security.

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UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point

2026-09-07T17:35:09-07:00

NEW YORK, September 7 (IPS) - The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA81) opens tomorrow at a particularly important moment for multilateralism. The UN80 reform initiative has entered what the Secretary-General describes as a decisive phase. Member States are selecting the next Secretary-General. The 2030 Agenda is entering its final four years, while conversations about what should follow it are beginning.

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LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We Have One of the Strictest Abortion Bans in Europe’

2026-09-07T11:09:56-07:00

CIVICUS discusses struggles for abortion rights in Liechtenstein with Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel, a journalist and reproductive rights activist who works with Fristenlösung für Liechtenstein, an organisation that campaigns for the introduction of a legal time-limit abortion model.

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Nuclear Victims’ Experiences Must Be at the Heart of Global Efforts for Assistance and Remediation

2026-09-07T08:57:06-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 7 (IPS) - More and more, global disarmament discussions are encompassing the humanitarian and environmental impacts of the testing and use of nuclear weapons, as it becomes clear that the legacy of nuclear weapons leaves its mark on multiple generations.

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UNICEF Report Underscores Rising Rates of Tech-Facilitated Sexual Abuse Targeting Children

2026-09-03T06:27:40-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 3 (IPS) - A new report from UNICEF finds that approximately 1 in 5 of all children surveyed reported facing tech-facilitated sexual abuse or exploitation in a single year.

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Families in Desperate Search for Victims of the ‘Himalayan Tsunami’ in Nepal

2026-09-02T16:36:03-07:00

KATHMANDU, September 2 (IPS) - On Sunday afternoon, Mingma Tamang, 29, rushed into the TU Teaching Hospital’s emergency ward, where a rescue team had just brought in an injured person in the Rasuwa flash flood – but she soon left grim-faced.

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‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi

2026-09-01T10:51:48-07:00

JOHANNESBURG, September 1 (IPS) - In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran. This is her story …

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Pakhshan Azizi’s Letter from Evin Prison

2026-09-01T06:42:27-07:00

TEHRAN, September 1 (IPS) - Writing from the women’s ward of Evin Prison on 10 June 2026, Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who remains under a death sentence, reflects on her legal case, political principles, humanitarian work, and the broader historical and political dynamics shaping the Middle East.

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