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Turkey should face international court over Yazidi genocide, report says | Human rights
Turkey should face charges in front of the international court of justice for being complicit in acts of genocide against...
Family of activist jailed in Egypt urge Liz Truss to pressure counterpart | UK news
The family of a British national jailed in Egypt and the British wife of an Egyptian rights defender under a...
‘Hope is essential’: Afghanistan’s silenced musicians find a new stage | Classical music
The musicians of Afghanistan have again been silenced by the Taliban. Other than specific religious and patriotic forms and contexts,...
A Leap Backwards in Time | Simrunjit Bans
The Foreseen Horror I remember once hearing a common urban myth. If you put a frog in boiling water, it would...
Meeting of Afghan clerics ends with silence on education for girls | Afghanistan
A gathering of thousands of Afghan clerics and elders has ended with a call for international recognition, but silence on...
SCOTUS rulings support plaintiffs in Roundup fight against Bayer and Glyphosate
By Christina Grube (MASS TORT NEWS) This week, the Supreme Court made a second favorable ruling for plaintiffs’ litigation against...
Ferdinand Marcos Jnr praises dictator father during swearing in as Philippines president | Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos Jr has promised a government that will deliver for all Filipinos during his inauguration speech, even as he...
War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds | Colombia
The punitive, prohibitionist war on drugs helped prolong Colombia’s disastrous civil war, the country’s truth commission has found, in a...
‘The Punisher’: Rodrigo Duterte’s violent reign as Philippines president to end | Philippines
Six years ago, the tough-talking mayor of Davao City, known as “the Punisher” because of his merciless approach to crime,...
Patriarchy and Female leadership: A Privilege Not Given | Aisha Abdullahi Bubah
I was at a policy dialogue event recently in Abuja, with great panelists discussing the role of gender in Nigeria’s...