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Polish Border Wall Puts Local Tatars on the Brink

1 week ago | globalissues.org | Karlos Zurutuza

KRUSZYNIANY, Poland, May 27 (IPS) - Dzenneta Bogdanowicz never imagined she would witness the construction of a wall in the middle of nowhere, just two kilometres from her front door. “It’s right there, so close. And of course, it’s bad for business,” the 60-year-old Polish hotelier tells IPS outside the wooden guesthouse and restaurant she runs in Kruszyniany. It’s a village of 200 inhabitants 250 kilometres northeast of Warsaw, in the Podlasie region.
Using AI as an Ally: What the latest UNDP Human Development Report Means for Latin America, Caribbean

2 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Alison Kentish

DOMINICA, May 22 (IPS) - The 2025 Human Development Report warns of slowing human development progress, with disparities between rich and poor nations widening.
Health Workers in Conflict Zones Experience an Epidemic of Violence

2 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Ed Holt

BRATISLAVA, May 19 (IPS) - The international community must take action to uphold international humanitarian law, say healthcare and rights advocates, as attacks on healthcare in war zones reached a record high last year. A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) released today (May 19) documented more than 3,600 attacks on doctors and health care workers, hospitals, and clinics in zones of armed conflict in 2024—up 15 percent from 2023 and 62 percent since 2022.
Hungary's LGBTQI Amendment an Affront to Human Rights, Say Activists

3 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Ed Holt

BRATISLAVA, May 13 (IPS) - A controversial amendment to Hungary’s constitution has left the country’s LGBTQI community both defiant and fearful, rights groups have said. The amendment, passed by parliament on April 14, includes, among others, the banning and criminalisation of Pride marches and their organisers, with penalties including large fines and, in certain cases, imprisonment. It also allows for the use of real-time facial recognition technologies for the identification of protestors.
The Indus Water Treaty Suspension: A Wake-Up Call for Asia-Pacific Unity ?

3 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Sinead Barry |Emma Whitaker

May 12 (IPS) - On April 23, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a 65-year-old agreement that had been a rare symbol of cooperation between India and Pakistan despite decades of hostility. The suspension came a day after militants attacked civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed region, killing 26 people, most of them Indian tourists. India accused Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” and responded by halting the treaty.
Lives at Risk After Some States Withdraw From Landmine Treaty

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Ed Holt

BRATISLAVA, May 05 (IPS) - As a string of European states announce withdrawals from a global treaty banning antipersonnel landmines, campaigners are warning countless lives could be put at risk as decades of progress fighting the weapons come under threat. On April 16, Latvia’s parliament approved the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention. This came just weeks after Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, and Finland all announced their intention to pull out of the treaty.
&lt;em&gt;World Press Freedom Day 2025&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt; Global Press Freedom Index Falls to Critical Low

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Ed Holt

BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) - Global press freedom across the world is at a “critical moment,” campaigners have warned, as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an unprecedented low. In the latest edition of the annual press freedom index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which was published on May 2, the average score of all assessed countries fell below 55 points, falling into the category of a “difficult situation” for the first time in the index’s history.
Genocide Prevention & Responsibility to Protect

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Gareth Evans

NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - April marks Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the history, causes and victims of past genocides and to mobilize the necessary resolve to confront risks facing populations around the world today who face the threat of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes not for anything they have done, but for who they are.
Want To Fix the World, Ubuntu (Humanity to Others) Can Help

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana

NAIROBI, Apr 12 (IPS) - The world needs an urgent fix and humanity could just be it. As inequality and polycrises stalk the world, deep changes are needed in relationships with nature if the planet is to be livable and sustainable, warns a new United Nations report, calling for a bold change in mindsets and taking responsibility.
How to Put the 'Sexy' Back into Agriculture - Thoughts From CGIAR Science Week

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana |Cecilia Russell

NAIROBI, Apr 11 (IPS) - This week presented a beacon of hope for young people so that the “girl from the South and the boy, of course” could stay in the developing world, Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, said during a press conference on the final day of the CGIAR Science Week.