Dear friends, we are now fast approaching to the end of another calendar year. We will be having a long “cat-nap” between today and Monday, 8th January 2018. We look forward to returning to our action grounds so that we can continue our tireless work in support of the local, national and global communities.…
Human Rights Day actions in Geneva: Activists march against the WTO and free trade agreements Members of a large number of campaigning organisations and grassroots activists collectives got together in Geneva to mark Human Rights Day by organising a long march against the policies of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Coordinated by Uniterre, the…
UNICEF Action for Human Rights Day in Geneva: Children die in conflict zones and suffer across the world Euro-Mernet team attended and supported a gathering of children’s choir, Mosaic, and their parents’ “human chain”, organised by the Swiss National Committee of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), near the [Jean Jacques] Rousseau Island &…
Dear friends; yesterday, 10th of December, was Human Rights Day, with a lot of preparatory work for next year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark this important occasion, we organised events and online actions throughout last week. We also took part in international events including a…
Dear friends, here are 16 photos…. for we have now come to the end of the #16days of global action by UN WOMEN since 25th November, the International day for Elimination of Violence against Women. We adopted the campaign guidelines and mottos: #orangetheworld and #LeaveNoOneBehind. Throughout The Official 16 Days of Activism Against Gender…
Dear friends, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the next film screening. On Tuesday 5th December, we will be screening “The Priest’s Children”, a social drama/comedy, telling the story of a small village in Croatia. The film has a satirical approach to community and faith relations and the stereotypes. The language is Croatian,…
Dear friends, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the next film screening. On Tuesday, 7th November, we will be screening “The Other Side of Hope”, a drama and social comedy about the life of Syrian refugees in Helsinki, Finland. Here are a few comments/reviews on this film: “A deeply humane film, as well…
Dear friends, we hope that those of you who have attended have liked last week’s screening of Euro-Mernet Film Club: “I am not Your Negro” (by James Baldwin) and the poetry reading by our dear guest poet friends Alanna and Rodney. On Tuesday, 3rd October 2017, at our usual great venue The Blue Man, we…
On Saturday, 30th September 2017, the Homage to Brighton event brought together poets, musicians and poetry & music lovers for celebrating our multi-cultural city and that always shows support and solidarity with the local and global communities. The event was planned to coincide with the poetry events series across the world throughout week, globally coordinated…
Dear friends, today marks the World Peace Day. The No Hate Speech Movement (NHSM) campaign of the Council of Europe observes this global occasion by launching another action day today. This time the theme is Action Day countering Hate Speech against Muslims. You can find the list of suggested actions here: http://nohatespeechmovement.org/hate-speech-watch/actionday On the NHSM…
