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September 04, 2024
'The Light of the beast': A portrait of migration and displacement
topic:Migration
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Photographer Pablo Allison spent five years capturing the perilous journeys of Central American migrants heading to the U.S. Here's a peek into his work.
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June 26, 2024
New documentary unveils the power of the underground
topic:Sustainable Agriculture
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
A rare peek into the extraordinary world beneath our feet.
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October 11, 2021
Despite legislation, oil-damage continues to haunt Nigerians
topic:Conservation
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
FairPlanet spoke to Fyneface Dumnamene, an environmental justice and human rights activist, about the reception of the Petroleum Industry Bill in Nigeria.
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August 25, 2021
Resources for Afghans seeking to flee Afghanistan
topic:Humanitarian Aid
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Here is a list of resources for Afghans stranded in Afghanistan and seeking to flee to safety.
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July 30, 2020
Trafficking and abuse in the fishing industry
topic:Human Trafficking
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
“It was 3:30am when I jumped. There were two possible outcomes – we would escape, or we would be killed..."
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November 12, 2018
Germany Should Build Its Foreign Policy on the Respect of Human Rights
topic:Human Rights
by:Said Yousif Almuhafdha
org:Salam for Democracy and Human Rights
Formerly imprisoned human rights activist Said Yousif Almuhafdha calls on Germany to build its foreign policy on the respect of human rights.
Editors' Pick
October 05, 2016
What about Nabeel Rajab?
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Bahraini free speech activist Nabeel Rajab is facing 15 years' imprisonment. A couple of years ago, Stephen Colbert interviewed Human Rights Watch’s executive director Ken Roth. [...]
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April 06, 2016
Half of world heritage sites under threat
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Close to half of the sites around the world designated for special protection as areas of outstanding importance for nature are now being threatened by industrial development, a [...]
Editors' Pick
July 08, 2015
#JusticeForFarkhunda
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Four men convicted of one of Afghanistan's grisliest murders in years have been spared the death penalty. But the questions remains: will they face justice at all? In March a female student in her [...]
Editors' Pick
May 20, 2015
What good is asylum if you can't even get there?
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Finally a state has offered asylum to the migrants currently floating aimlessly off the coast of Myanmar, but with little fuel and food and a long [...]
Editors' Pick
November 21, 2014
Five million shielded from deportation by immigration reforms
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
US President Obama has announced an executive action, enacting huge immigration reforms which will see almost five million undocumented migrants [...]
Editors' Pick
October 31, 2014
Tim Cook on difference, empathy and empowerment
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a powerful piece in Bloomberg Businessweek on being gay and the impact it has had on his life. Rather than 'admitting' [...]
Editors' Pick
September 29, 2014
Hong Kong citizens refuse to back down
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
As Hong Kong opened for business on Monday, protests continued across the city, blocking roads and closing schools. The protests, the latest wave [...]
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September 10, 2014
Crackdown on Indian people's movement
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Greenpeace is urging people to sign a petition to stop a crackdown in Mahan, India, on those protesting the building of a mine which will destroy a forest and key [...]
Editors' Pick
September 08, 2014
China to introduce carbon market
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
When even China decides it's time to open a carbon market, countries left behind can no longer deny climate change. So says a piece published on Mother Jones last week, on [...]
Editors' Pick
September 05, 2014
China surpasses the US as biggest importer of Middle East oil
editor:FairPlanet Editorial Team
China now buys more crude oil from the Middle East than the US, and this is set to have a big impact on geopolitics in the region. Today China [...]
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