Editor Selection
What we owe Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls
Source: Open Democracy People worldwide are calling for action to bring back the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. But concern for the girls demands that we think carefully about the harmful consequences of proposed solutions – […]
Wednesday 2 July 2014The Arab World: between liberal imperialism and liberal oppression
Source: Open Democracy It is essential not only to expose the ideological weaknesses of the current order, but to link the current political order with international neo-colonial ideology, replacing it with one based on the […]
Wednesday 2 July 2014Malaysia: End Arrests of Transgender Women
“I don’t believe in female solidarity”
Women’s movements in the transitioning Arab states – For dignity, peace and equal rights
Despite all the setbacks suffered by many women’s rights groups in the transitioning Arab states, regional co-operation has improved considerably over the past few years. Juliane Metzker takes stock
Sunday 29 June 2014Time to end the EU’s left-to-die policy
Sceptical silence: Pakistan’s operation in North Waziristan
Source: Open Democracy Will the latest military operation launched by Pakistan against the Taliban in North Waziristan expose and loosen the ties between the military establishment and their jihadi protégés? So far a sceptical silence […]
Sunday 29 June 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 75 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 75 year VI
Thursday 26 June 2014Sudan: Change the law – allow victims of sexual violence to access justice
Source: Equality Now In August 2013, while house hunting in Omdurman, Sudan, a 19-year-old pregnant and divorced Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and brutally gang-raped by a group of seven men, aged […]
Thursday 26 June 2014Iran: Execution of juvenile offenders breaches international law
GENEVA (26 June 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Thursday about the large number of executions in Iran since the beginning of this year, calling on the authorities to […]
Thursday 26 June 2014
