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Human Rights

My Daughter, Malala

We have all been enamoured by Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban because of her extensive campaigning for education for girls in her country. Instead of backing down, this brave ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Human Rights
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Spread The Word Campaign – Changing The Lives Of Homeless People

When one indulges in a book, they live another life for that moment in time – and there is no better way to zone out from reality than with a great book. Like the author George R. R. Martin put it, a reader lives a thousa...
by Adriana De Sousa Calado
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Human Rights
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Capital Punishment`s Place In A Modern Justice System – An Outdated Concept

The exonerations of Glenn Ford in the US and Iwao Hakamada in Japan, shed light on a long debated question: has capital punishment got a place in a modern justice system? Even most of those, ferociously campaigning against deat...
by Tímea Fazekas
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Human Rights
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The United States Of Drones: Why Do Americans Support An Arguably Ineffective, Immoral, And Illegal Policy?

Drones: America’s Favorite Weapon Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have become the primary tool in the fight against terrorism since President Barack Obama took office. Originally used for purposes...
by John Haltiwanger
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Human Rights

The War Against Killer Robots

“As a species, we’ve somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes wonder if we’ll ever survive our own ingenuity.R...
by Isabella Grotto
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Human Rights

Trapped In Chains: The Plague Of Modern-Day Slavery

History books tell the 400-year story of one of the most unfathomable practices ever engaged in by mankind – of humans being bought, sold and traded as commodities, and of men and women shackled together on slave ships destin...
by Jenny Morton
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Brazil
International Political Forum

Just Because My Face Is A Little Different

The natural course of any language shows that some words, more than others, are likely to disappear. An advance in technology or a gradual cultural evolution can trigger the phenomenon. For instance, words such as mongolism or ...
by Daniele Bassi
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‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women

A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the first week of March revealed one in three women in Europe have suffered some form of violence, sexual or physical, in her lifetime. The rep...
by Isabella Grotto
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WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

Glenn Ford spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit; on Tuesday 11th he was exonerated, thus becoming one of the longest serving death row inmates to be freed in the United States. The news comes as a shoc...
by Tímea Fazekas
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