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By The Conversation Jason Hart, University of BathAmong the hundreds already dead in the latest hostilities between Israel and Hamas, very many are children. And despite the killing of children being invoked by both sides as evidence of their enemy’s brutality, the death toll will no doubt continue to rise. Because for decades now, neither Israel nor Hamas has shown any willingness to abide by a basic principle of international humanitarian law – that in the context of warfare, every effort should be made to spare the young. This aspect of the conflict rarely receives the attention it deserves...
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By Hera Rizwan Rani Mukherjee is set to make a return to the big screen with her latest release 'Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway' on March 17. The release of the trailer on February 23 generated a lot of buzz as the film is based on the true story of an Indian woman whose children were taken away from her by the Norwegian government. Sagarika Chakraborty had made headlines as she fought against the Norwegian government to get back custody of her children. The entire issue had even caused a diplomatic row between India and Norway. Here's a look at the timeline of Chakraborty's decade-old custody war ...
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By The Conversation Whitney Shylee May , The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government's brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information comes despite efforts by the Iranian regime to throttle internet access and censor information leaving the country. One effective method the protesters have hit on has been to use TikTok, the video-sharing app better known for young people posting clips of themselves singing and ...
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By The Conversation Kerry Whigham , Binghamton University, State University of New York The newly formed United Nations passed its first international treaty on Dec. 9, 1948, just three years after the Holocaust ended. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was designed to prevent genocide from ever happening again. But governments worldwide currently remain far from the goal of preventing genocide – despite 152 of them eventually signing on to the Genocide Convention. Genocide, meaning actions taken with the intent to destroy a group of people because of thei...
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By Sana Fazili Religious freedom in India worsened in the year 2021, a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said, adding that the government introduced policies that "negatively" impact religious minority communities like Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Dalits. USCIRF is an independent American government organisation that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion and makes policy suggestions to the White House. The report said that the Indian government was systemizing its "ideological vision of a Hindu state" through the use of existing ...
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By Adrija Bose Katunayake, SRI LANKA- Every morning, Sandhya Malkanti has to walk past a bunch of leering men— shopkeepers, street vendors and tuktuk drivers— who make snide remarks and lewd gestures at her. By the time she gets to work, she has already been harassed multiple times. At work, it doesn't get better. The 33-year-old has been working as a garment factory worker in Sri Lanka for the last seven years. Just like her co-workers, Sandhya finds it difficult even to take a bathroom break as not meeting her targets would mean less money in her pocket. At a time when Sri Lanka is going thr...
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By The Conversation The word "anniversary" usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since the Taliban takeover and occupation of Afghanistan, and it's not a happy occasion for my homeland. Recently, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report entitled "Human Rights in Afghanistan," delving into the situation in the country since the takeover. The report is troubling but not shocking as it highlights civilian casualties, restrictions on women's rights and freedom of speech, extrajudicial killings and ethnic minority persecut...
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