NEPAL: Ensure dignity, freedom, and justice for all

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day NEPAL: Ensure dignity, freedom, and justice for all A statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2022 Nepal successfully conducted its parliamentary election on November 20, 2022. Successful in the sense that many young and energetic faces have been elected in this election. Nepalese voters were fed up and even frustrated with the traditional old parties and their aged leaders who hardly delivered on the promises they have made. It was…

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India – 23rd ISCUF National Conference

By Jayantha Das from India 23rd ISCUF National Conference inaugurated in The Thousand year City of Fraternity Cuttack today on Human Rights Day- 10th December 2022. Writer par Excellency Mr Jayanta Mohapatra inaugurated the Conference with a heart touching fact of hate mongers rule over the Tribals & Workers in Similipal Range of Forest Area. Recently Elected World Peace Council Chairman Comrade Pallab Sengupta, Former Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera, Cuttack Barabati MLA Md Muquim, Cuttack Mayor Subash Ch Singha, Justice Manoranjan Mohanty, Former Cuttack Chouduar MLA Pravat Biswal, CPI National…

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All Human, All Equal is a fight for Socialism!

By Raju Prabath Lankaloka Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10th December. The day marks the adaptation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The UDHR is hailed as the common standard which was set to be achieved by the member states of the United Nations to ensure the Rights of people. However, the states have the liberty of adapting it accordingly to their interest and may not oblige to all the clauses mentioned under the Universal Declaration of…

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India Could Soon Experience Heat Waves Beyond Human Survival Limit – Says World Bank

The World Bank report titled “Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector” said the country is experiencing higher temperatures that arrive earlier and stay far longer. Press Trust of India reported.:- Rising heat across India can jeopardize economic productivity, the report warned. Thiruvananthapuram:Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency and soon the country could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit, according to a new…

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The Anti-Fascist Day

By hakim iron : Fröm Tamilnadu, India. 6 December: The Anti-Fascist Day On 9 November, 2019 came the Supreme Court verdict on the pending case of Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi. We, the Indian citizens, have always regarded the judiciary in highest esteem and believed in the Supreme Court of India as the topmost institution to resolve conflicts and settle disputes of grave national concern. The Indian Muslims response to the verdict had been like that of a silent listener without questioning the authority of the country’s highest court. However, what remains stuck…

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Contract oil workers in the south of Iran are once again on strike!

Contract oil workers in the south of Iran are once again on strike, 66 days into the nationwide rebellion. Workers at two South Pars Gas Complexes and at the Masjid Suleiman Petrochemical plant are the first reported on strike. I’m getting updates from comrades on the ground that workers across the manufacturing sector – in the pipe and steel works – and now the motor workers are also on strike. The most militant workers are concentrated in the south and south-west, particularly in and around Khuzestan. But it is clear…

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Socialist Action | Looking back at 2022, and Going Forward in Struggle

Originally From: https://socialistaction.ca/2022/12/05/looking-back-at-2022-and-going-forward-in-struggle/ December 5, 2022 by Barry Weisleder, Federal Secretary, Socialist Action Canada / Ligue pour l’Action socialiste in the Canadian state, who spoke at the Toronto Region Socialist Action Canada Pre-Holiday Social on December 3, 2022. Good evening, comrades and friends.  Isn’t it great to be meeting again in this building (the OPSEU regional office in downtown Toronto) after nearly three years? Socialist Action Canada is a growing revolutionary workers’ party that puts a great emphasis on political education.  At the same time, SA is an activist organization.  It has many practical…

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Sandya Priyangani Ekneligoda  is among the 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022!

Sri Lankan human rights activist Sandya Priyangani Ekneligoda  is among the 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022 compiled by the BBC. Eknaligoda has been campaigning for the families of the thousands of people that are missing in Sri Lanka. In 2017, she also won the  International Women of Courage Award for her work in the field. She actively became involved in the campaign, after her husband, a prominent investigative journalist, Prageeth Eknaligoda, went missing in January 2010. In her own words, she is “a woman…

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