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ActionAid Condemns U.S. Bombardment of Venezuela as a Violation of International Law
ActionAid strongly condemns the United States’ recent bombardment of Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, which constitutes a serious violation of
53 International NGOs warn Israel’s recent registration measures will impede critical humanitarian action
International humanitarian organizations operating in the occupied Palestinian territory warn that Israel’s recent registration measures threaten to halt INGO operations at a time when civilians face
De-registering humanitarian organisations will cost lives
The Israeli government’s move to de-register ActionAid and other international humanitarian organisations is a deliberate act that will carry deadly consequences. At a moment of catastrophic need
"I am terrified that the cold will succeed where the bombs failed."
Alaa AbuSamra, Emergency Response Programme Manager, ActionAid Palestine, in Gaza said: “The suffering in Gaza is relentless. The bombs may have lessened, but the pain has not. It has simply changed
Families flee under fire as conflict escalates on the Thai Cambodian border
Families flee under fire as conflict escalates on the Thai Cambodian border. As fighting intensifies along the Thai Cambodian border, families are fleeing in fear, leaving behind their homes
Uprooted but unbroken: ActionAid highlights settler violence faced by Palestinian olive farmers
This year has been one of the worst on record for settler violence during the olive harvest.
The latest COP text is empty; it's just finger pointing, says ActionAid
The newly released COP30 draft text has drawn sharp criticism from climate justice advocates, with ActionAid International’s Teresa Anderson calling it “empty” and emblematic of a global stalemate
Activists call for COP30 to deliver on just transition so that climate action leaves no one behind
Activists call for COP30 to deliver on just transition so that climate action leaves no one behind . The calls were made during a ‘Just Transition Bingo’ action organised by ActionAid and the Asian
ActionAid warns that new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, while a step towards ending hostilities, entrenches occupation
After two years of unfathomable suffering in Gaza, ActionAid notes efforts by the international community to end active hostilities, facilitate humanitarian action and lay the groundwork for
ActionAid warns progress is fragile on new Just Transition text
Reacting to the new text on Just Transition, which came out on Tuesday morning after negotiations that went until after 1 am last night, Teresa Anderson, the Global Lead on Climate Justice at