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afghanisatn parliament

November 08th, 2018

Bets in a burning house

by:	Shadi Khan Saif

In Afghanistan, the stage is set for an important presidential race that will test the maturity of the country’s leadership and institutions.

online warfare

The future of warfare: online toxicity precedes violence

in:	Technology
by:	Sofia Gallarate

The Internet, and in particular social media, are platforms of empowerment and virtual aggregation. But not always for the better.

FIFA-World-Cup-2014

March 12th, 2018

The beautiful face of violence

by:	Gurmeet Singh

People tend to see sport as beneath or even totally divorced from the rest of society. But it is used as an instrument of power all the time.

kenya widow

March 12th, 2018

Women fighting sexual cleansing rituals in Kenya

in:	Humans
by:	Bob Koigi

In the nondescript Kabuoch village in Western Kenya, a group of women have come together to defy an age old tradition: "sexual cleaning".

mob judge

February 04th, 2018

No place for women in an all men’s world

by:	Shadi Khan Saif

Overshadowed by the ragging violence in Afghanistan, the mob justice is not only prevalent in rural corners, but big towns of the war-ravaged country.

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December 23rd, 2016

Phony Facebook posts are an excuse to attack Hindus in Bangladesh

in:	Humans, Economy, Technology
by:	Rezwan

In many cases, these attacks are disguised as the actions of angry mobs supposedly provoked by personal affronts and offenses against “religious [...]

tamir

December 30th, 2015

No charge for policeman who shot Tamir Rice

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

The white police officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, an African American 12-year-old, will not face criminal charges, it was announced on Monday – [...]

farkhunda

July 08th, 2015

#JusticeForFarkhunda

by:	fairplanet

Four men convicted of one of Afghanistan's grisliest murders in years have been spared the death penalty. But the questions remains: will they face justice at all?In March a female student in her 20s, [...]

afghanisan

April 08th, 2015

Defenders of womens rights in Afghanistan need better protection

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

Womens rights defenders in Afghanistan have made significant gains in the last 14 years, but as American troops continue to be withdrawn, the [...]

Badush-Prison

September 13th, 2014

The Rooms of Horror in Badush Prison

by:	Murat Suner

Pakhshan Zangana, Head of High Council of Women Affairs of the Kurdish Regional Government, reports that about 700 Kurdish Yazidi women have been kidnapped by [...]

protest-sign-over-ferguson-shooting-data

August 15th, 2014

Racial tensions soar in the US

by:	fairplanet

Clashes between protesters and police over the death of an unarmed black teenager in Missouri have fueled fears of much greater racial tension between police and citizens across the [...]

honduras

July 14th, 2014

Drug wars force mass exodus of children from Honduras

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

New York Times reporter Sonia Nazario has written a shameful opinion piece decrying a mass exodus of children fleeing violence fed by drug wars in [...]

PRESENT-Architecture-Green-Loop-Farming-MARGINS

March 04th, 2014

Press Review: Using mobile technology to prevent trafficking of women & 10,000 violent attacks on places of education

in:	Economy, Arts, Technology
type:	Allgemein
by:	Rebecca Silus

Currently under development, the project will use mobile phones to create labor networks that would connect potential employees with employers and [...]

Four Billion living

February 11th, 2014

Press Review: Four billion living without protection of the law & CAR's Muslim population in need of immediate action

in:	Humans
type:	Allgemein
by:	Rebecca Silus

Now 4 billion people live without the protection of the law, making them vulnerable to violence, the loss of land, and denial of basic services. In [...]

Saving Face Dr. Mohammad Jawad

September 12th, 2013

SAVING FACE piling up nominations

in:	Humans
type:	Allgemein
by:	anko

After years of abuse, 39-year old Zakia asked her husband for a divorce. His response was that he would make a spectacle out of her, and he threw a can of undiluted [...]

saving face

June 12th, 2013

Saving Face: The story of two acid-attack survivors

in:	Humans
type:	Allgemein
by:	anko

SAVING FACE tells the stories of two acid-attack survivors: Zakia and Rukhsana, their arduous attempts to bring their assailants to justice, and the [...]

169356_Peter_and_Marcela

April 01st, 2013

Roma Activists Are Standing Up Against Discrimination

in:	Humans
type:	Allgemein
org:	Amnesty International

Here are four Romani activists talking about their fight for their human rights, the rights of their children and their communities.Peter and Marcela [...]

childs in syria

September 26th, 2012

Syrian Children in Crisis

in:	Humans
type:	Allgemein
by:	fairplanet

As Syria's civil war intensifies, innocent children are being caught in the firing line. Thousands have died in brutal attacks; many more have been severely injured or forced to flee their [...]

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