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Africa
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54 Days In Prison And Counting For Ethiopia’s Zone 9 Bloggers

It has been 54 days since six members of the Zone Nine blogging collective and three journalists believed to be associated with the group were arrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The group formed in 2012 in an effort to rep...
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Egypt

The Sinai Dilemma

“The world is a fine place and worth fighting for” (Ernest Hemingway) Throughout history, the Sinai Peninsula has served as a bridge between Africa and Asia. This same region was, according to biblical tradition, where Mose...
by Tarek Heleka
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Human Rights

WATCH: What Happens to Children After They’ve Been Rescued From Human Trafficking?

The international trade in children is perhaps the darkest aspect to human trafficking. According to the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, “children are trafficked for forced labour, domestic wo...
by Natasha Lipman
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Human Rights

WATCH: This is What Torture Really Looks Like

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for fo...
by Natasha Lipman
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Asia

Tibet: Inside the Occupation (Part 2)

Previously – Tibet: Inside the Occupation (A Colonized Tibet and the Attack on Religion)  Economic Disparity It is not only the loss of material culture and the manipulation of Tibet’s physical environment that is bein...
by Jessica Trevis
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Europe
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Does Legalising Prostitution Help Fight Human Trafficking?

Lucy is a 22-year old girl with a two-year old son. She worked as a webcam-girl in her home country Romania, despite having obtained a diploma in architecture. Two years ago she moved to The Netherlands, where she became one of...
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Dominican Republic

Worldwide outrage over denationalisation of Dominicans of Haitian descent

Sentence No.168-2013 (PDF) [es], dictated by the Dominican Constitutional Court, has turned the international community on its head.  The polarisation within the country has also become more palpable, and debates seen in soci...
by Pamela Martínez Achecar
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Economy

Interview: Mr. Zeijlon of the World Bank on Human Rights and Development

“Do we do enough? Difficult to say. I think we are doing the right thing.” Anders Zeijlon of the World Bank discusses the complex relationship between human rights and development from the perspectives of individuals, state...
by Liliane Stadler
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Human Rights
[Feature Image] ISIS and the LGBTQ Community

LGBTQ community subjected to violence under ISIS

Recent media reports and blog posts have featured news stories indicating sporadic violence directed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against the LGBTQ community. Previously, international organisations including t...
by Arpita Mitra
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