U.S. steelworkers campaign to free Colombian political prisoners
"We are working in close conjunction with Justice for Colombia in Great Britain on the political prisoners campaign," says USW Senior Counsel Dan Kovalik.
Is seal killing at an end?
Sealing - a grotesque business that involves killing seals for both their fur and meat - may soon see its last days in Canada.
Who's afraid of the big bad Wulff?
BERLIN - Americans wonder who will be president next January; Germans are still uncertain who will live in Berlin's presidential mansion this February.
French election pollsters: Sarkozy slipping, both left and far right advancing
France elects a new president on April 22, with a runoff possible on May 6. As this date approaches, it would appear that incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy is going to have trouble holding on to power.
Bolivia’s law gives nature equal rights to humans
Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth, (in Spanish La Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra) which will grant nature the same rights and protections as humans.
Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women
Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.
Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu's appeal rejected
Israel's Supreme Court last Thursday kept in place a range of restrictions on the rights of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vananu, while his fight to secure asylum elsewhere continues.
Palestinian labor leader links struggle for statehood, worker rights
An interview with Shaher Sa'ed, General Secretary of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, by Martine Hassoun.
Free Colombian political prisoner David Ravelo!
September 14 was the end of David Ravelo Crispo's first year in jail and a time of renewed solidarity for this human rights activist imprisoned in Colombia.
