Civil Society Challenges Shell’s Deep-Sea Drilling Approval in South Africa

Civil society groups and coastal communities have formally appealed South Africa’s approval of Shell’s ultra-deep Northern Cape oil project, calling it reckless and unlawful. Led by The Green Connection and Natural Justice, the coalition argues...

More Youth From Telangana Must Get Selected For Civil Services, Says Bhatti

HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday said that the highest number of candidates from Telangana should be selected for the civil services and that the Congress government had extended financial assistance to candidates...

Kuki civil society groups launch economic blockade along NH 2 in Manipur's Kangpokpi

Imphal, Kuki civil society organisations on Friday launched an economic blockade on the supply of all essential items along National Highway 2 in Kangpokpi district, officials said. Kuki civil society groups launch economic blockade along NH 2 in...

Charity rescues newborn twin detained over N800k hospital bill in Imo

A Civil Liberty Organisation, Stand For Humanity Foundation, has paid an N800k delivery bill for a newly born twin, Amarachi Ngerem. The newly born was held in a hospital in Owerri, Imo State, after over one month of her delivery because of her...

Zee News ordered to take down video criticizing civil society group as NBDSA finds them in violation of its code of ethics

Group urges domestication of FOI Act in Rivers

A civil society organisation known as Connected Development has called for the domestication of the Freedom of Information Act in Rivers. The state support officer for the group, Charles Uffort, made the call at a one-day training workshop for the...

Alton Historical Society to host discussion on history and stories of New England quilts

ALTON — Pamela Weeks with NH Humanities will present on New England quilts at the Alton Historical Society meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in the Alton Gilman Library, 100 Main St. at 7 p.m. Quilts have been the focus for more than half of Weeks’...

Spring Hill: From the Civil War to the Saturn

The Spring Hill Public Library recently released a book on the history of their town, the work of more than 300 man-hours over three years by staff and civilian volunteers. Library Director Dana Juriew credited Richard Jackson, Janice Stanfill,...

From Civil Society to Evil Society: The Story of Our So‑Called Watchdogs

In any true democracy, civil society is meant to be the voice of the people and the watchdog that keeps government on its toes. But in Sierra Leone, that watchdog seems to have turned into something else entirely. Civil society was supposed to...

California company receives probation and fine for two workers suffocated in 2020 nitrogen leak

Looking south on Soto Street in Vernon, California, an industrial enclave just outside downtown Los Angeles. [Photo by Downtowngal/Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0]California Ranch Foods, a Vernon-based food processing plant and subsidiary of...

From Mahatma Ayyankali to VS Achuthanandan: Kerala’s Freedom Warriors and Their Stories of Courage

Kerala’s freedom struggle saw icons like Ayyankali, Vakkom Moulavi, Kelappan, AK Gopalan, Basheer, Accamma Cherian, and VS Achuthanandan fight casteism, feudalism, and colonial rule, leaving a legacy of justice, equality, and...

4 KS school districts under investigation, alleging Title IX, privacy violations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) launched an investigation into four Kansas school districts. In a press release on Thursday, the investigations initiated...

Czech Foreign Minister: Mzia Amaglobeli’s case reflects growing pressure on media and civil society in Georgia - Czech Republic calls for release of all unjustly prosecuted

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky, strongly condemns the “politicized” 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. “I strongly condemn the politicized 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, whose health has...

Ahead of feast of Assumption, Catholic leaders call for day of prayer, fasting for peace

(OSV News) — As global conflicts and tensions soar, Catholic religious leaders throughout the world — from Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops to women religious to a pontifical charity — have called for a day of prayer and fasting for world peace on...

Voices from around the world: global dispatch on press freedom under pressure

Edited by Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees everyone the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information through any media...

Unusual Suspects: Case Studies in Tunisia’s Crackdown on Civil Society

Introduction Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has struggled to strike a balance between security and liberty, national identity, and diversity. A gradual shift in official discourse—particularly in relation to President Kais Saied’s focus on...

Samuel Hopkins Emery, Jr.

Emery is a well-known name in Quincy’s history. Samuel Hopkins Emery Sr. was a Congregational minister and a Civil War chaplain. He planted the seed and encouraged the founding of the Quincy Historical Society in 1896. Lesser-known today, although...

Tinubu Govt’s Numerous Social Investment Interventions in the North

Samuel Bature writes about the huge impact of the numerous Social Investment Programmes introduced over two years ago in the Northern part of the country by the Bola Tinubu-led government at the centre. Achild who feeds is a child who can learn. A...

Falana Seeks Probe Into Police Assault On Sowore; Civil Society Groups Demand Release

Prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and civil society organisations have condemned the unlawful detention and assault of pro-democracy activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement...

Could defeat radicalise Ukraine?

Humiliation on the battlefield is one of the most reliable catalysts for an ultranationalist backlash. From the Freikorps in Germany to Russian “violence merchants” — the embittered veterans of the Afghan War and the brutal conflicts of the...