Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – If Donald J. Trump were president of Wakanda on the eve of an election, that country would have received several warnings from the US State Department on the need for free and fair polls, […]
The Politicization of the United States Supreme Court
An affront to the Independence of the Judiciary and American Democracy Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – The United States Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Despite the partisan rancor, Barrett’s confirmation was a forgone conclusion. The Court now has a conservative […]
Setsuko Thurlow: The TPNW – A Game Changer in Nuclear Disarmament
The following is the text of the Statement by Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and long time campaigner for nuclear-weapons abolition, as the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached the 50 states parties required for its entry into force. ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear […]
The U.S. Should Embrace TPNW’s Vision of a More Democratic World
The following is text of the Statement of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) and Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) are affiliates of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), a partner of the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). NEW YORK (IDN) – Fifty states have ratified […]
Mongolian NGO Greets 50th Ratification of TPNW
ULAANBAATAR (IDN) – Blue Banner, Mongolian NGO and a partner organization of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), welcomes the 50th ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on October 24 as a major political impulse and a step in making this most dangerous weapon of mass destruction illegal […]
Soon Nuclear Weapons Will Be Prohibited
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is President of Pugwash. Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) – The 50th instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was deposited on October 24 – coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter. In accordance with […]
Why Joe Biden Should be Elected and Not Trump Despite Foreign Policy Successes
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Any day now the news will come that the US and Russia have decided to renew the important nuclear arms reduction of around 1000 warheads each that was agreed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitri Medvedev. Another feather in Trump’s foreign policy hat? Yes, indeed. In fact, […]
Nigerian Writers Rip ‘Terror Squad’ As Protestors Cry ‘Just Stop Killing Us!’
`By Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – For many, the images of rogue Nigerian soldiers firing live ammunition at hundreds of peaceful protesters in Lagos, killing at least 12 people, will be hard to forget. Now, some of Nigeria’s prize-winning authors have turned acid-tipped pens against the government of Muhammadu Buhari for failing to […]
Brutal Attacks on Bilingual School in Cameroon
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A long-running conflict between Cameroon’s French and English-speaking communities brought new horror on October 24 with an attack on the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in the city of Kumba, in the country’s Southwest Region, by armed terrorists taking the lives of six children and […]
Nuclear-armed States Panic as Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty Becomes International Law
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf * “Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat, Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, Evil appears as good in the minds of those whom gods lead to destruction.” VIENNA (IDN) -– On 22 January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) becomes international law in accordance […]