The people, victims of unemployment and social insecurity due to lack of housing, health and education, are like castaways grasping at the first tree branch they find: that political leader who adopts a salvationist discourse, scorns democratic institutions, prefers the law of force to the force of law and invokes God as his ally.
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The ‘La Colosa’ mining project debated
“What MPs and Peers can do to support a new UK law on Business, Human Rights and the Environment to hold multinational companies to account for their activities” This is one of the questions that will be debated on 13th September in the House of Commons at an event organised […]
Former army commander responsible for killing of innocents
A peace tribunal in Colombia has charged a high-ranking military officer with war crimes and crimes against humanity against defenceless civilians outside the country’s decades-long armed conflict. Germán Ayala Osorio* The indictment on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity that the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) […]
Visions of Haiti
A celebration of this country repeatedly punished by its history will take place between October 18 and 31, exploring how artists and filmmakers have responded to the country’s culture, history and resistance over seven decades. This is a unique opportunity to learn about filmmaking, which once was not a priority […]
“The war criminals were never punished”
Shumon Zahid is the son of the departed journalist Selina Perveen. “My sorrows know no bounds but if I live to see the war criminals are tried, the killers of my mother are punished, I know the soul of my mother will rest in peace”… Shanta Sultana “The […]
















