Human rights

Women standing for the campaign. Photo: Twitter

#WhiteWesdnesdays is a social media initiative launched by the activist Masih Alinejad aiming to empower women and giving them a voice. 

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Refugees sinking in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Vimeo

The petition was launched in 2016 and for the World Refugee Day 2017 it has already reached more than 1.5 million pledges. 

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"Rolling Blackouts" comic. Photo: Drawn and Quarterly

Sarah Glidden tells her experience from post-war Iraq until civil revolution in Syria through vignettes.

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Members of Amnesty International

Amnesty International releases a report within the framework of its new campaign “Brave” calling for the elimination of repressive laws and to ensure the safety of people fighting injustice.

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Frame from the Mental Health Europe video. Image: MHE

MHE present a new video on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the right to work.

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Girl using a tablet

Over 50% of the world population uses the Internet. 2016 is the year this incredible hallmark was reached. But what happens with the other half? 

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Refugees about to sink. Photo: Wikimedia

The purpose of the campaign is to make sure Spain welcomes at least the 17,337 refugees to which it committed itself.

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Isabel Baixeras, the legal expert who drafted the injunction

Stop Mare Mortum, and Isabel Baixeras at the helm, demands that the Spanish Government adopts precautionary measures to guarantee the relocations imposed from Brussels before the month of September.

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Jose Peñín, Communications Manager of SOS Racisme Catalunya. Photo: Youtube

SOS Racisme Catalunya takes care of the people who experience racism and helps them to report those situations with campaigns aimed at generating awareness.

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LGBTI flag. Photo: Wikimedia

There are many different organisations around the world standing for human rights and fighting to recognise the LGBTI community.

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Flyer against Donald Trump. Image: Pixabay

The international organisation has published its Annual Report for 2016/2017, with particular emphasis on hate speech, which it claims could give rise to fear and division.

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David Forniès, head of Knowledge at CIEMEN. Photo: CIEMEN

CIEMEN works to raise awareness and promote the Catalan national reality in the world, to spread knowledge about stateless peoples and also to defend their rights.

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