The European and World Day against the Death Penalty is observed every 10 October. The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in ...

In the early 20th century, the exploitation of Bengal’s resources peaked. The abolition of the zamindari system in 1953 marked another turning point. Zamindars, desperate to liquidate their assets, ...

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Atomic bomb survivors, or hibakusha, and Japanese high school students, held a demonstration in New York, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. They are visiting the US city to attend the ...

A group of high school students from Japan called for the abolition of nuclear weapons Wednesday in New York, where a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is ...

A representative of Nihon Hidankyo, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, has called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at a UN conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons. Hamasumi Jiro ...

A senior official of Nihon Hidankyo, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, urged the international community to redouble efforts for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the third meeting of ...