by jakeloeffenames | 2 February 2022 | News
Hate speech and incitement remain very serious concerns in Myanmar given the strong prejudice against the Rohingya, and more generally the lack of trust amongst different religious and ethnic communities. The situation is not helped by the absence of mitigating...
by jakeloeffenames | 27 January 2022 | News
On 26 January, the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) has Velma Šarić as the winner of AfP’s Inaugural Local Peacebuilder Award. Velma is from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the founder and President of the Post-Conflict Research Center, an AfP member as well as a...
by jakeloeffenames | 26 January 2022 | News
Can you describe how and where islamophobia manifests itself in Uganda? Islamophobia is defined by the UN Economic and Social Council as “the baseless hostility and fear vis-à-vis Islam, and as a result a fear of and aversion towards all Muslims or the majority of...
by jakeloeffenames | 20 January 2022 | News
“Holocaust distortion is the greatest contemporary threat to the legacy of the Holocaust” says the IHRA. “It harms our democracies, normalizes antisemitism and fuels extremism. But despite the danger it poses, Holocaust distortion is often overlooked and rarely leads...
by jakeloeffenames | 9 December 2021 | News
Dear friends, As 2021 comes to an end, I am pleased to report that it has been a year of consolidation for GAAMAC. We welcomed two new partners into our network: the Platform for Peace and Humanity and, just a few weeks ago, the African Coordination of Human Rights...
