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Does Sweden Show The Way For The Regulation Of Prostitution?

A little more than 15 years ago, Sweden passed a new revolutionary law to tackle its prostitution problem. The law, named ‘sexköpslagen‘ [Sex Purchase Act] in Swedish, was an exercise in thinking outside the box an...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Human Rights

Violence in South Africa: Reminiscent of the apartheid regime?

As a South African, I write this with shame in my heart and blood on my hands. I am sitting here reflecting on the dark days of 2008 when xenophobic violence spread through the country. We did what we could to improve the si...
by Gillion Bosman
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Colombia

The Internet and Peace in Colombia

Throughout the last 60 years, the Colombian government has made numerous attempts to tackle one of the world’s oldest and largest, internal armed conflicts. Negotiations continue today in a bid to end to the war with Fuerzas...
by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas
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Palestinian Activists Break Through Israeli Wall To Commemorate 25 Years Since Fall Of Berlin Wall

A group of young Palestinian activists have sledgehammered a hole into a separation barrier between the West Bank and Israel to mark 25 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
by Heenali Patel
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North America

Romney’s Foreign Policy or the typical Republican delusion

Much analysis and speculation in the mass media since the kick off of the presidential elections has hovered around what matters most to Americans: Economics; but what about the other main segment of presidential capabilities, ...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Gender-Based Violence

#WhyIStayed – Understanding Domestic Violence Victims And The Impact Of The Social Media Campaign

Recently, the topic of domestic abuse has been all over social media, with #WhyIStayed trending on Twitter when NFL player Ray Rice’s wife chose to “go back” to him after he was charged with physically assaulting her. The...
by Katie O'Reilly-Boyles
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Sport

Floyd Mayweather: Deeper than the money

For Floyd Mayweather Jr., the number 48 symbolises his solidified status as the best fighter of his generation. For Manny Pacquiao, perhaps it’s a fatalistic sign to choose an ironically simpler path into politics. But person...
by Tommy Rufai
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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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Anti-China Protests Spread In Vietnam Over Oil Rig Dispute

Protests have escalated in Vietnam over China’s towing of an oil rig ‘inside’ the territorial waters of Vietnam in the South China Sea. According to Vietnam, the Chinese oil rig known as Haiyang Shiyou 98 is 80 nautical...
by Mong Palatino
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