*photocredit: ANSA Italy Another tragedy that could be prevented. Early on Sunday, a wooden sailing boat carrying refugees crashed into rocks near the coast of Italy’s Calabria region. The boat broke apart while trying to land near Crotone. Authorities confirmed that 62 people have died, including 12 children. According to the coast guard 80… Read more »
What happened in the last hours it’s not only a tragedy but a global catastrophe and as such it demands global solidarity Monday morning at 4.17 there was a 7.8 scale earthquake that lasted 90 seconds! (https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/magnitude-78-earthquake-nurdagi-turkey) The area of the quake was enormous, like 300 kms across and covered 10 cities, bigger than the… Read more »
UNITED speaks at the International Peace Forum As the largest anti-racist network in Europe, UNITED were invited to speak at the International Peace Forum, initiated by the Network People and Peace in Sweden together with International Peace Bureau (IPB) and Prague Spring 2 network (PS2). The International Peace Forum aimed to unite various social movements… Read more »
We are commemorating this 27th of January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by joining the conference, “Knowledge, memory, and human rights”. The conference is linked to the conclusion of the European project “IPEAH” funded by the CEE, and led by Inštitút ľudských práv – Human Rights Institute in partnership with us and Sos Razzismo Italia .… Read more »
For years, UNITED has monitored the humanitarian crises on the external borders of the European Union. During the past years, illegal pushbacks have been worrying. They are a clear output of a series of policies aimed at creating the so-called Fortress Europe, where people can freely move only if they have the privilege to be… Read more »
CALL FOR CEASEFIRE IN NAGORNO-KARABACH #CEASEFIRENOW #PEACEinNagornoKarabach Joint statement We, UNITED for Intercultural Action, No Hate Speech Network, Prague Spring 2, Youth Center “Perspektiva”, IMPRESS, Alliance for Labour and Solidarity, Activists for Peace, Human Rights Association, APICE and YAN express deep and grave concerns over the escalating violence between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh… Read more »
Image: Andrei Bortnikau (Shutterstock) UNITED For Intercultural Action expresses its solidarity with the Belarusian civil society in the face of the government’s repression. We are deeply concerned about the violent mass repression against peaceful demonstrators, nongovernmental organizations, journalists and political opponents in Belarus. The reports we have received from grassroots activists and journalists echo the… Read more »
