Association for Progressive Communications
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a civil society network dedicated to ICTs for development and human rights founded in 1990 and working in more than 70 countries around the world. APC has participated in the World Summit on the Information...
Serge Bisimwa
La liberté de la presse et l’accès à une information vérifiée sont un enjeu crucial dans le contexte de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette zone, est une région marquée par une instabilité chronique, où les conflits armés et l’exploitation des...
“We must fight the coordinated disinformation campaigns impeding global progress on climate change.” (Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General)
This Open Letter with over 200 signatories was released on 12 November 2025, on the official thematic day on information integrity at COP30 in Belém. We, the undersigned...
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We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and testimonies, over several months of...
Edilberto M. Sena
Suddenly, the Amazon becomes the centre of the world by hosting COP30 in Belém, which is symbolically declared the country’s capital. Millions of reais were spent on decorating the venue, even though the outskirts of the capital, with 1.3 million inhabitants, remain in...
Edilberto Francisco Moura Sena
De repente a Amazônia se torna o centro do mundo por receber a COP30 em Belém, que se torna simbolicamente a capita do país. Alguns milhões de reais foram gastos para enfeitar a casa, mesmo que a periferia da capital de 1.3...