2013-01-03 Vi konsumerar - de kompenserar (We consume, they compensate) is the title of a report produced by Swedwatch in cooperation with Diakonia and the Church of Sweden.

2012-12-21 There are many ways of advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities.

2012-12-20 On the 3rd of December, The International Disability Day, Diakonia and several partner organizations in Palestine gathered in Ramallah to advocate for the right of disabled people to work.

2012-12-18 The Alternative Information Center (AIC) will receive the 2012 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic for its human rights work in Israel and Palestine.

2012-12-18 Myanmar/Burma is a country which has seen a lot of change during the latest year, enabling civil society to be more open and visible.

2012-12-06 The Palestinian State must join the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

2012-12-04 In November, the people of Gaza have lived under constant threat due to the conflict in the region.

2012-11-22 At the West Bank, the ministry of education held a two hours festival on the 19th of November to honor six schools that have won the competition of using music as a tool in education for teachers and students with special needs.

2012-11-21 Diakonia and our partner organizations are deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza and Israel. We call on all parties to protect civilians in order to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

2012-11-20 In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the important city Goma has been captured by rebels of the M23 gerilla.

2012-11-19 Diakonia and 37 other aid agencies - all members of AIDA - Association of International Development Agencies - warn of humanitarian disaster in Gaza if military confrontation is not stopped.

2012-11-16 On the 7th of November, Diakonia's partner Princess Basma Jerusalem Center for Disabled Children, along with Diakonia and the European Union, inaugurated a department for children with autism in Jerusalem.

2012-10-31 The report "Trading away peace" found that the EU imports 15 times more from the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory than from the Palestinians themselves.

2012-10-30 Organizations around the world is currently taking part in the video competition “Show Me Inclusion”, which gives young people the opportunity to be creative about the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

2012-09-25 Shekeza in Congo Kinshasa is a change maker with a passion. She is working courageously alongside others so that people living in poverty can gain power over their own lives.

2012-09-10 Five European networks, of which Diakonia is member of two, express their deep concern about the human rights situation in Honduras to the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.

2012-08-10 Over 18 million people are estimated to be affected by the drought in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso Diakonia has taken the lead in a large ACT appeal. In our humanitarian relief effort we assist 56 600 people to get food and survive until the next harvest.

2012-08-10 In the province of Bajo Aguán in Honduras a serious conflict about land rights between farmers' organisations and two palm oil producers are resulting in assassinations and disappearances.

2012-08-02 Cambodian NGOs, among them the Diakonia partners Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and Gender and Development for Cambodia (CAD-C) are calling for a change in national election laws, so that at least 30 per cent of the candidates on electoral list

2012-07-09 Sweden needs to make sure that Swedish companies act responsibly abroad. Human rights must be a guiding principle in all business. Diakonia releases new report.

2012-06-25 "A lot of Gold, a lot of Trouble" is a report about the Democratic Republic of Congo, published by Diakonia and the NGO SwedWatch. The report focuses on how Swedish companies should act when doing business in areas of conflict and extreme poverty.

2012-06-18 On June 2nd 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi visited the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. The camp is the home of almost 50 000 Burmese people, who have fled the oppression in their country.

2012-06-13 To mark the fifth anniversary of the tightening of the blockade of the Gaza strip, Diakonia, as part of a broader network of 50 international charities and United Nations Agencies say with one voice: "End the blockade now!” 5 Years Lost in Gaza For over

2012-06-13 In Bangladesh, Diakonia's partner organization PARTNER has received a prestigious award for its environmental protection work from the Government of Bangladesh. The award was given to PARTNER by the Prime Minister at a ceremony in June 2012.

2012-06-03 On the Disability International Day, in December 2011, a group of disabled people in Ramallah decided neither to demonstrate in the streets nor to write statements complaining about the violations of their rights.

2012-06-01 As a member of ACT Alliance, Diakonia on May 30th handed over an open letter to the Polish Minister for environment, who was visiting Sweden. The letter contains a request for Prime Minister Donald Tusk to show leadership and combat climate change.

2012-05-31 Al Mezan, one of Diakonia's partner organizations in Palestine has succeeded in helping four Master's students from Gaza to be able to study at Birzeit University in the West Bank.

2012-05-29 Sweden's international development assistance minister Gunilla Carlsson has announced a major overhaul of how the sizeable foreign aid budget is spent.

2012-04-27 The prominent Cambodian land rights activist Chut Wutty was killed on April 26. He worked closely together with Diakonia's partner organization Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR).

2012-04-12 On February 23rd a fire broke out in Umpiem Mai camp - home to over 17,600 refugees and displaced persons from Myanmar/Burma. Thousands of people were affected.

2012-03-26 The international attention for the starving people at the Horn of Africa is almost gone. But for Diakonia and its local partner organizations the long term work for development goes on.

2012-03-04 On 22 March, a coup d'état occurred in the West African country of Mali – a country where Diakonia has a local presence and also provides support to organisations working for democratisation and against corruption.

2012-02-23 At noon on February 23rd a fire broke out in the Umpiem Mai camp at the Thailand/Burma border. Diakonia's long term partner organization TBBC provides food, shelter and non-food items to the displaced people from Burma, living in the camp.

2012-02-16 Diakonia has signed an open letter to all governors of the World Bank regarding the process of appointing a new president of the World Bank.

2012-02-15 Diakonia has, together with Eurodad, Concord and the Tax Justice Network, sent an open letter to the Swedish Minister for Trade Ewa Björling ahead of the EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels 20/21 February.

2012-02-15 Diakonia and a broad selection of NGO:s have sent an open letter to the Swedish minister for Finance, Anders Borg. We call for the Swedish government to take action for phasing out fossil fuels lending by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

2012-02-07 The long term Diakonia partner Thailand Burma Border Consortium, TBBC, provides food, shelter and essential non food items to the displaced people from Myanmar/Burma. TBBC recently started a savings, loan and micro-insurance programme in two camps.

2012-02-06 The armed internal conflict in Colombia severely effects the civil population and human rights defenders. During the first semester of 2011, at least 38 Human Rights Defenders were killed or disappeared in the country.