Editor Selection
Antoine Bernard is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of the FIDH International Secretariat
FIDH Antoine established and steered the International Secretariat, playing a fundamental role in the development and expansion of FIDH. Under his guidance, the organisation engaged in innovative and pioneering operations in the world of defending […]
Thursday 14 September 2017The Assault in Sayad: Did Taleban and Daesh really collaborate?
Depoliticised and unsustainable: Why I Am Not a Feminist author argues that feminism has lost touch with its politically radical roots.
OPEN DEMOCRACY JANINE RICH From outraged memes online to slogan-bearing t-shirts on the streets, across the world more and more women are calling themselves feminists, and demanding change. But what would this change actually consist […]
Monday 21 August 2017Pakistan to document 700,000 illegal Afghan migrants
How Afghan Rapper Sonita Alizadeh’s Song ‘Brides for Sale’ Changed Her Fate
Rolling Stone Advocating against the practice of forced marriage, this young woman uses music to spread her message 25 Under 25 Sonita Alizadeh got into rap music around the same time a lot of […]
Friday 11 August 2017Displaced Families Find Homes in War-torn Afghanistan
Press Release Transitional Justice Coordination Group: Massacre of Civilians in Mirza Olang is a War Crime
Press Release Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) Massacre of Civilians in Mirza Olang is a War Crime 09 August 2017 Kabul, Afghanistan The massacre of civilians in the village of Mirza Olang, Sar-e Pul province […]
Friday 11 August 2017A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
Asia & the Pacific is exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world’s poor, the population is vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated warming could largely diminish previous economic achievements putting the future of the region at risk.
Thursday 20 July 2017Turkey Bars Entry To Thousands Of Suspected IS Supporters From Ex-Soviet Republics
Peaceful Societies – Where Are They?
Human Wrongs Watch By Johan Galtung* 3 July 2017 – TRANSCEND Media Service – There are many of them–of different kinds–in world geography. We can try to identify the characteristics of their peacefulness. Johan Galtung Or we […]
Thursday 20 July 2017