6 years of the Syrian civil war in 10 crucial moments
La guerra in Siria dura ormai da sei anni: ecco le dieci date spartiacque di un conflitto che ha provocato 321mila morti e quasi cinque milioni di profughi.
How much forest we destroy eating hamburgers, according to Mighty Earth
What’s hidden behind a simple hamburger? Hundreds of thousands of kilometres of forest in Brazil and Bolivia that don’t exist anymore, just to start.
Defund DAPL, why investors are pulling millions out of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Many investors have urged banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline to either support rerouting the pipeline or divesting from it. Now the hot potato is in their hands.
Trump revokes transgender rights instituted by Obama. And the Supreme Court backs down
Trump has revoked guidelines prohibiting schools from discriminating based on sex. Now the Supreme Court decides not to hear the case of Gavin Grimm that could have defied the president.
The Dakota Access pipeline protest camp has been cleared, but activists aren’t giving in
Dopo l’ordine di sgombero di Donald Trump, chi si oppone al Dakota access pipeline si sta riorganizzando per la manifestazione del 10 marzo. E intanto in Italia…
What Donald Trump did in his first month as President
I primi 38 giorni di Donald Trump alla Casa Bianca sono stati contraddistinti da un turbinio di decreti, annunci, decisioni (anche clamorose) e polemiche.
Argentina, beauty pageants banned all over the country. Women’s rights activists celebrate
The latest beauty pageant to take a hit is Miss Reef, where women are judged on their posteriors. A necessary measure in a country where violence against women is much too common.
The state of human rights in 2016, Amnesty International unveils a nightmare global scenario
Amnesty International has documented the state of human rights in 159 countries in 2016. And claims: “The rhetoric of ‘us against them’ is breeding division and fear”.
Colombia’s U’wa tribe, two decades of resistance to oil exploitation in the Amazon
Atossa Soltani, founder of Amazon Watch – NGO that protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin – tells of her experience fighting alongside Colombia’s U’wa people to resist oil and gas exploitation.
LGBT rights in Latin America, caught between progressive laws and widespread homophobia
LGBT rights in Latin America are caught in a dangerous paradox: whilst legislation is progressive in many countries, hate crimes and homophobia are widespread.