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France suffered one of the darkest days in its modern history on Nov. 13, 2015, when over 130 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a devastating terrorist attack in Paris. The epicenter of the attack was the Bataclan Theater, where a concert was taking place. Terrorists entered the venue and slaughtered indiscriminately, leaving survivors to crawl over dead bodies and wade through pools of blood to escape. In a tragically similar attack on March 24, three gunmen entered the Crocus City Hall concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow and killed at least 137 people. The shooting wa...
Kyiv Independent
France suffered one of the darkest days in its modern history on Nov. 13, 2015, when over 130 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a devastating terrorist attack in Paris. The epicenter of the attack was the Bataclan Theater, where a concert was taking place. Terrorists entered the venue and slaughtered indiscriminately, leaving survivors to crawl over dead bodies and wade through pools of blood to escape. In a tragically similar attack on March 24, three gunmen entered the Crocus City Hall concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow and killed at least 137 people. The shooting wa...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
France suffered one of the darkest days in its modern history on Nov. 13, 2015, when over 130 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a devastating terrorist attack in Paris. The epicenter of the attack was the Bataclan Theater, where a concert was taking place. Terrorists entered the venue and slaughtered indiscriminately, leaving survivors to crawl over dead bodies and wade through pools of blood to escape. In a tragically similar attack on March 24, three gunmen entered the Crocus City Hall concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow and killed at least 137 people. The shooting wa...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Mohammed at the site of his destroyed lab in May 2021. It was bombed in an Israeli strike, destroying with it his years of patient work in medical innovations. Photo provided by Mohammed, used with permission. I met Mohammad in 2018 while interning at a digital fabrication lab in Amman, Jordan. It was late afternoon, and the lab was almost deserted. Two men were playfully experimenting with the laser cutter, trying to figure out how it worked while sharing a moment of fun. Intrigued, I approached them to see if they needed any help figuring it out. They seemed to have navigated their way aroun...
Global Voices
Photo by Joakim Honkasalo on Unsplash The right-wing Finnish government has recently proposed a law restricting asylum-seekers from applying for refuge on the Finnish borders under the pretext of national security. As a group of human rights and migration researchers, we explain how this law violates Finland’s international obligations and human rights law. Last autumn, after witnessing an increase in the arrival of asylum seekers who lack the necessary travel and identity documents at Finland’s eastern border, the Finnish Government (a coalition between the National Coalition Party, the Finns...
Global Voices
A training program organized by the Cambodia Peace Gallery. Source: Facebook. Used with permission Since October 2018, the Cambodia Peace Gallery in the province of Battambang has been offering an alternative space for local and foreign visitors who want to learn more about the history of war and conflict in Cambodia and the peacebuilding efforts across the country. Cambodia was heavily bombed by United States forces during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and early 1970s. This was followed by the rise of the Khmer Rouge who ruled from 1975 to 1979. An estimated 1.5 to 2 million people were killed...
Global Voices
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently receiving chemotherapy. Speculation about the princess' welfare and whereabouts has been rife on social media since the prominent royal underwent abdominal surgery at a private London hospital in January. She has not been seen in public since Christmas. How King Charles III broke centuries of royal tradition by disclosing his cancer diagnosisIn a video message released on Friday, she said the diagnosis "of course, came as a huge shock, and William and I have been doing everything we can to proc...
Euronews (English)
The author's four-generation land and home were destroyed by Israeli F16 rockets in January, reducing it to rubble. Photo provided by the author, used with permission. On January 12, a message arrived from my sister in Gaza, bearing the devastating news: our parents’ home, a sanctuary of memories, had been razed by Israeli F16 rockets, reducing our beloved home to rubble. This is no ordinary house. Within its walls, I took my first uncertain steps, and my laughter and tears echoed through its very foundations. It was sacred ground, where I grew up alongside my beloved siblings, cocooned in a w...
Global Voices
Aurat March organizers mobilizing the crowd on International Women’s Day outside National Press Club, Islamabad. Image by Ramna Saeed. Used with permission. On International Women’s Day, March 8, women in major cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Multan, took to the streets for the seventh consecutive year to advocate for gender equality, justice, and safety against patriarchal norms. Aurat March is a feminist collective that unites to speak out against discrimination and inequality. The march was attended by hundreds of women, girls, transgender people, and male a...
Global Voices
The regional court in Belarus' Homyel sentenced Ukrainian citizen Nataliia Zakharenko to nine years in prison on espionage charges, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on March 15, citing its sources and Zakharenko's relatives. Grounds of the accusations are unclear as the trial, ongoing since Feb. 15, was held behind closed doors, the outlet said. Under dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime, the Belarusian state uses heavy repressions to crack down against its real or imagined opponents. Lukashenko is also a close ally of Russia and supports Russian aggression against Ukraine. ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
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