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The Liberation Of Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

January 27th marked the 70-year anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland by the Red Army. This date signifies the end to a site that facilitated some of the worlds most heinous and utterl...
by Jamal Russell Black
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International day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the holocaust

Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. “Holocaust” is a word of Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire...
by Sneha Nanavati
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Five Milestones For Women’s Rights We Should Achieve In 2015

This year will see the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995 in Beijing, which produced a blueprint for advancing women’s rights.  20 years on, what  still needs to be done for women?
by Sneha Nanavati
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Torture And The CIA: An Examination Of The Senate Intelligence Committee Report

The recent publishing of a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee has caused a storm in Washington, and a flurry of worldwide political and public reactions. In the wake of the revelations that the CIA, under the auspices ...
by Simon Fraser
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Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr Day

In the United States, racial tensions in 2014 threatened to boil over into widespread unrest and riots. This conflict was the consequence of perceived injustice and inequalities between predominantly white police forces and min...
by Jamal Russell Black
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When War Shatters Childhoods

Around one billion children in the world live in conflict-affected areas, according to the European Union. As conflict begins, their childhoods disappear. Suddenly they live at risk of losing their education, their homes and th...
by Inma López
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No More Abuse: Guantanamo Releases Prisoners

“Anybody with real combat experience understands that torture is counterproductive.” – F. Andy Messing, retired major U.S. Special Forces and director of the National Defence Council ———̵...
by Sneha Nanavati
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Climate Justice For Indigenous Peoples

Climate change and its heightening impacts have been the center of domestic and international talk for decades. Its irreversible impacts on indigenous communities have both pushed for greater attention from governments and nong...
by Helen Hawgood
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Charlie Hebdo: An attack on free speech everywhere

Yesterday, on January 7th 2015, gunmen entered the Paris office of satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including police officers, the editor and journalists. The event marks the deadliest terror attack on Fr...
by Kay Robinson
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