Police arrest and assault German photojournalist at fracking waste site in Argentina

Observatorio Petrolero Sur

    By OPSur, Neuquen, Argentina.- German photojournalist Stefan Borghardt was detained and beaten and had his equipment confiscated by police because of taking photographs of the Treater oil waste treatment plant in the town of Añelo. Borghardt was reporting on●●●

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Binding human rights treaty would be a crucial tool for Palestinians

Middle East Eye

  Such a treaty could enable Palestinians to hold transnational corporations accountable for their involvement in Israel’s apartheid regime       Seven decades ago, on 10 December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights –●●●

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Finally, UN General Assembly adopts Peasant Rights declaration! Now focus is on its implementation

La Via Campesina (LVC)

    Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Now that the declaration●●●

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