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Category: Human rights

Peace Winds After The Kurdish Spring

Posted on 6 April 2016

By Pinar Temocin / Image via AK Rockefeller The Kurdish question has been considered as an important issue in struggling to build an independent nation. They are the second largest ethnic group living partly in the eastern part of Turkey with their own language, traditions and customs. The Kurds are considered as a stateless nation…

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted on 30 January 2016

As we know “History is the best teacher with worst pupils”. On 27th of January we should remind the planet, how we as a human beings can be mistaken if we are following issues based on hate and fears. We all remember what happened with Jewish minority in Europe during second world war, but as…

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Get Prepared

Posted on 14 September 2015

During the Congress of Young Europeans in Budapest, which took place between 3rd and 6th of September 2015, the subject of refugees was a burning one for the participants. Some decided to help out as they could – by sharing food and drinks in the area of Keleti station where the refugees stayed. One of…

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Europe’s Humanitarian Crisis: The Inherent Injustices

Posted on 19 August 2015

The continuing catastrophe Over 2300 have already died attempting to reach Europe through the Mediterranean sea so far this year, with the latest atrocity happening last weekend when 49 people suffocated to death on an overcrowded boat. Political persecution, armed conflict and economic pressures are just some of the leading causes of fleeing. Forcibly displaced people have no other…

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The Balkan Migration Route

Posted on 10 July 2015

The Balkans are a major route for migrants from the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa heading to Europe. The migrants are mostly people fleeing Syria and Afghanistan, as well as Iraq, Somalia and Yemen. The journey through the Balkans is considered less dangerous than the one across the Mediterranean. The typical journey is from…

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Living in a state of war

Posted on 9 June 2015

We hear updates about the war in Eastern Ukraine every day. There are so many, that it is easy to become immune to another dramatic news that reach us. ‘Us’ living far away from the conflict zone. Do we ever wonder how is it like to live in a country which is under attack or…

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Human Rights in the Climate Talks

Posted on 5 June 2015

Human rights and climate crisis might not be an obvious connection. Sea level rise might mean living nearer the coast, warmer temperatures sound like a nicer summer, regional bananas produced in the Global North sound yummy – that might be the first thing people care of if they hear the term „Global Warming“. But digging…

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Why the European Court of Human Rights is no friend to migrants

Posted on 26 May 2015

As the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean continues, the public outcry against deaths at sea has forced the European Union (EU) into response mode. EU officials and member states have promised to do something about the situation. Alongside discussions about resettlement agreements, there are proposals to destroy the boats used by migrant smugglers before they…

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Homophobia On The Rise In Russia

Posted on 17 May 2015

On the 17th of May 2015 we celebrated another International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. On the one hand, in many European countries the situation of LQBTQIA community improves, on the other in some it doesn’t or, like in Russia, it gets dramatically worse. A Russian activist Anasiasia Sheveleva tells us about the situation…

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The Flame of Hope

Posted on 15 April 2015

On the 15th of April 2015 Polish Young Greens Ostra Zieleń organised an action in order to commemorate young people from LGBTQIA community who committed suicide because of hate and the lack of understanding coming from their environment. Read our interview with one of the activists from Poznan, Poland Patryk Sierpowski, who explains the situation…

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