In the Americas, state policies, under cover of an anti-narcotics struggle, lead to terror and displacement. And this terrifying violence overwhelmingly favours transnational capital. Español
Held this April, will the United Nations General Assembly Special Session be the turning point for the international drug control system?
“African Americans are no more likely to buy or sell drugs than any other group, but they make up the overwhelming majority of the people who go to prison for it.” (27:42 minutes)
Nearly 200 civil society organisations are expressing serious concerns with the preparations for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs.
Refugee welfare infrastructures are run thanks to self-organised, spontaneous social activists: not by the receivers of EU aid packages.
El movimiento mexicano Wikipolítica, sin recursos económicos, ganó el distrito 10 del Estado de Jalisco, con un programa progresista y una apuesta por la transparencia, la participación y los derechos cívicos. Entrevista. English
Pedro Kumamoto, the first ever independent Mexican member of a state Congress, won a seat in a conservative Jalisco district at the October 2015 elections riding the wave of the Wikipolítica progressive movement. Interview. Español
Lula da Silva está a ser interrogado pela sua alegada participação em práticas de lavagem de dinheiro, corrupção e suposta fraude. A sua detenção levanta suspeitas sobre manipulação política. English
Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva is being questioned in connection to money laundering, corruption and suspected dissimulation of assets. His detention has sparked suspicions of political manipulation. Português
Egypt's legal system does not protect vulnerable children and mainstream society is too self absorbed to reach out to those in need – but there are those doing all they can to help.
Any encounters that exist between newcomers and long-term inhabitants end at the school gate.
The tribunal has managed to secure the support of a broad-ranging coalition of institutions. Many forces converge when it comes to adopting such controversial decisions.
