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THEY SAID WE ARE THEIR SLAVES
Human Rights Watch During nearly five years of conflict, armed groups in the Central African Republic have committed widespread sexual violence and used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war. Two main parties […]
Monday 9 October 2017Step-by-step, Justice for Syrians
Human Rights Watch The hundreds of thousands of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees who fled to Europe brought something incredibly valuable with them – their memories. They know the names of people who were “disappeared,” […]
Monday 9 October 2017A reminder of the difficult situation of refugees in the world: a short animation
FIDH On the occasion of the World Day for Refugees’ Rights (June 20, 2017), FIDH launches a video clip (2’12) that features the chaotic journey of a Syrian refugee family between Turkey and the European […]
Thursday 5 October 2017Merkel’s Defeat Confirms Dismal Trend for Europe
Inter Press Service Generally, media have failed to analyse why the result of German elections is the worst possible. Merkel is not a winner, but a leader now in a very fragile position, who will […]
Thursday 5 October 2017‘The world is a horrible place to be a woman’: Brazilian writer launches sexual violence campaign
The Guardian Blogger and activist Clara Averbuck, who says she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver in São Paulo, is using social media to take arms against abuse A Brazilian feminist writer and activist […]
Monday 18 September 2017Afghanistan mulls plan to arm 20,000 civilians on Indian model
Tajikistan to ban hijab as restrictions on religious freedom continues
One Step Forward, One Step Back in Tunisia Progress on Women’s Rights; Regression on Justice
Invitation to Exhibition of paintings of celebrated Kurdish artist Himat- Paris
Himat Pas de paroles, juste lumière et couleur Exposition Du 20 septembre au 1er octobre 2017 14h-20h La Ruche – 2 passage Dantzig Paris XV Himat was born in Kirkuk in 1960. settling permanently and […]
Monday 18 September 2017Iran Heritage Foundation’s programme of grants for the year 2018 session is now open
Iran Heritage Foundation Applications are accepted for both categories of Academic and Contemporary Arts Deadline for receipt of applications is October 31, 2017 Statement of Aims The Iran Heritage Foundation is a non-political UK-registered charity […]
Thursday 14 September 2017