Oppression
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Iranian Leaders Should Call Off Their Campaign of Repression
The death of Mahsa Amini has outraged citizens throughout Iran, setting off a protest wave. IGC If it wishes for…
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Turkey: Hundreds of churches and monasteries waiting to be ‘saved’
A hundred years after the 1913-23 genocide of Christians by Ottoman Turkey, the last remnants of the cultural and religious…
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Modern slavery: how a drama project in Ghana educates communities through the stories of survivors
One in four victims are children, with women and girls affected most. Modern slavery occurs when people are forced to work through…
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Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
(Gaza) – Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their…
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Government Critics Languish in Nicaraguan prisons
Torres was reportedly being held in inhumane conditions, incommunicado for prolonged periods, repeatedly interrogated, and not allowed to access the…
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Obituary: South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, was one of South Africa’s most important Nobel Laureates and a tireless…
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Afghan women: Secret diaries of changing lives
For Afghan women, the salvos represented the loss of all their rights and freedoms. Sodaba Haidare BBC Five of them…
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How Athens became the unexpected hub for Afghan women
ATHENS — The women of Afghanistan’s deposed democracy have found a temporary home in an unlikely location: Athens. Nektaria Stamouli…
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Memory, and Memorial, Will Prevail
Last week, Russian authorities made clear their intentions to shut down Memorial, the country’s most authoritative human rights organization, and one of…
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Pandemic bill not perfect but does improve transparency, accountability
Beyond the usual politics, I suspect what’s happening with the reaction to this bill is partly about our community’s current…
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Why the Hazara people fear genocide in Afghanistan
In the aftermath of the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, violence against the Hazara population has escalated. Sitarah Mohammadi…
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Myanmar: What can we expect from Aung San Suu Kyi trial?
But it may end up cementing her legendary status in the country. Rodion Ebbighausen Deutsche Welle On February 1, 2021,…
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North Korea Reportedly Ordered Crop Thieves Shot
North Korea, in recent months, has been suffering from notable food shortages and hunger to the point where the famously secretive regime…
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Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia
September 9 is marked as Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in the Slovak Republic. The date of…
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Myanmar doctors in hiding and hunted by the junta as Covid crisis ravages the country
Images from the biggest city, Yangon, show families of the sick waiting at oxygen plants in the hopes of refilling…
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With Aung San Suu Kyi facing prison, Myanmar’s opposition is leaderless, desperate and ready to fight
Suu Kyi was arrested following the February 1 coup by the military and charged with alleged corruption, inciting public unrest…
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