Montly Archive February 2018
Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is well known for the severe limits it imposes on women’s rights – the legal status of the woman being inferior to that of the man – in all fields, even in the simplest acts of daily life.
Thursday، 8 February، 2018Afghanistan: No Letup in War’s Civilian Toll
Human Rights Watch – (New York, January 18, 2018) – Afghanistan’s armed conflict took a high toll on civilians throughout the year, with insurgents carrying out particularly deadly suicide attacks in urban areas, Human Rights Watch said today in […]
Tuesday، 6 February، 2018Why are women joining far-right movements, and why are we so surprised?
Women’s ‘shocking’ participation in far-right politics has received much media attention. But is this a new trend, or have we been here before?
Tuesday، 6 February، 2018Has Trump’s alt-right White House ‘resurrected’ Army of God anti-abortion extremists?
Open Democracy – Christian extremism as a motivator for violence is often overlooked, while clinics providing abortion services are facing growing threats. Rising right-wing extremism in the United States appears to have breathed new life into militant […]
Tuesday، 6 February، 2018The Unholy Family
“Family values” and neoliberal capitalism are supposed to be enemies. A new book begs to differ.
Thursday، 1 February، 2018WORLD REPORT 2018: Our annual review of human rights around the globe
Human Rights Watch – World Report 2018 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017. In his keynote essay, “The Pushback Against […]
Thursday، 1 February، 2018
