What’s Going On At The U.S. Border?
The number of migrants arriving at the United States southern border is at a 20 year high.
Violence Against Women a Manifestation of Gender Inequality
To finally address gender-based violence effectively, societies must face the underlying issue of systemic, culturally ingrained misogyny and take steps to combat it.
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Sarah Everard and the Effort to Reclaim the Night
On Mar. 3, 2020, 33-year-old Sarah Everard went missing in South London. On Mar. 9, her remains were found. Walking back from a friend’s house at around 9 p.m., she was kidnapped and murdered by a serving Metropolitan police officer.
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Hong Kong Protests Are Not Over
November 2019 marked the peak of Hong Kong protests for autonomy against the oppressive regime of the Chinese Communist Party, where the police’s arrest of nearly 1100 young activists from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus was a major event that shook the world.
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Unsafe Conditions Leave Asylum Seekers At Risk In British Barracks
In Sep. 2020, the U.K. designated the Napier Barracks in Kent as their first migrant camp. The former military base has been used by asylum seekers — who mostly came from France across the English Channel — ever since.
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Angola Officially Decriminalizes Homosexuality
On Jan. 23, 2019, Angola’s parliament already approved a new penal code that allowed the provisions criminalizing homosexuality to be deleted.
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Women’s Rights Stripped as Poland’s Abortion Ban Takes Effect
In October, a controversial court ruling in Poland meant that abortion due to fetal defects was unconstitutional. Abortion is now only permissible in cases of incest, rape and if there is a threat to the woman’s life.
Madrid Mural Celebrating Women Saved From Destruction
In 2018, a 60m mural was installed on the side of a sports center in Madrid by the Unlogic collective. The faces of many respected women are featured on the mural.
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Election Turmoil Hits Uganda
Political violence, an internet blackout and allegations of voter suppression have taken place in Uganda. Marred by pre-election violence, opposition leader Robert Kyagulani’s - known by his stage name as Bobi Wine - campaign was obstructed by teargas, live bullets and arrests.
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Stop Dealing Death In Yemen
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday introduced resolutions to oppose the sale of precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The deal which was being forced through at the end of Trump's administration is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The missiles which are provided by Boeing showcase the perverse nature of business incentives with a product that will likely be used on innocent civilians in Riyadh's brutal war in Yemen.
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Niger: the Crossroads of the Major Migration Routes
The phenomenon of migration from sub-Saharan Africa to territories considered to be safer or economically and politically stable appears to be quite complex to explain. However, to name a few causes, it would seem that poverty, violence, authoritarian regimes, internal conflicts and climate change are the major push factors that bring people to migrate.
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'Politics Over Lives' in Bottleneck Bosnia
In Bosnia, thousands of migrants and refugees find themselves battling sub-zero temperatures, internal power struggles and squalid conditions. A humanitarian crisis has arrived on the nation’s doorstep as allegations of border abuse reign from neighbouring Croatia.
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Beijing Tightens Grip on Hong Kong Dissidents
Prison sentences for 10 Hong Kong activists were handed down in a mainland Chinese court last week. Even with the condemnations of governments and human rights organizations, there’s no guarantee Beijing will change course. Instead, they plan on tightening their grip.
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Human Rights Violations in China, again
After the 9/11 attacks, which were acts of the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda, general mistrust and dislike for Muslims rose in the whole world. The fear of being the next target of an Islamist terrorist attack prompted many governments to introduce new regulations and precautions in dealing with terrorism.
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