Human Rights

Setting on sandy ground, their roof is the sky.. Students of Om Al-Nakheel School take tests in the open

2022-01-31

Social media users in Iraq have posted photo of what they claimed to be an “Educational disaster” of school students...

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Doing Democracy During the Pandemic

2021-01-06

Social distancing laws, curfews, and track-and-trace technologies employed in the context of the COVID-19 crisis have been used to harass, detain, or sanction human-rights ...

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On the Murder of Husham al-Hashemi

2020-07-12

Husham left behind a wife and four young children, along with many friends across the political spectrum and across the world. I had known him for about six years. Husham was a bit of an enigma at first: an Iraqi security analyst with contacts...

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Remembering the Forgotten Gandhi

2020-03-14

The Dandi March, which started 90 years ago, inaugurated Mahatma Gandhis most successful attempt at civil disobedience against the British Raj.

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Iraq Cries Out for Unity

2019-12-27

Although the ongoing Shia-led protests in Iraq have not spread to regions with a Sunni majority (including Kurdish areas), many members of these communities have supported the protest clamor...

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Why End the Global Media Crisis?

2019-11-28

Despite its scope and complexity, the crisis in the news media is far from intractable. Addressing it will require the worlds wealthy democracies to use foreign

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For Uighur Muslims in China, Life Keeps Getting Harder

2019-10-28

Concentration camps, surveillance, and spies keep the community under tight control.

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Calling a Halt to Turkeys Offensive in North-eastern Syria

2019-10-14

Turkeys incursion into north-eastern Syria threatens to reduce a region of relative calm to hotly contested terrain: it could meet determined resistance, cause mass displacement and revive ISIS. Washington should urgently press Ankara to stop the offensiv

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Iraq Is Currently Being Shaken by Violent Protests

2019-10-08

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa

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Dozens arrested in anti-Sisi protests across Egypt

2019-09-23

Rights group and activists claim that more than 60 people had been arrested by Egyptian security forces

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Recent Official Figures Suggest That 32 Percent of Egyptians Live in Poverty. What Are the Likely Impacts of This?

2019-08-25

A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.

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Muslim Causes Versus National Interest: Muslim Nations Make Risky Bets

2019-08-19

Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee camps help explain Saudi support

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Almost HALF of Tory members want to 'reduce Muslims coming to UK', shock poll shows

2019-07-21

A poll for Hope Not Hate has alarming revelations about the 160,000 Conservative members who will choose our next Prime Minister

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The World Has Failed Children in Conflict Zones

2018-12-29

This Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assemblys adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Quarter-Million Lives at Risk in Latest Battle for Yemen

2018-06-19

Now that the operation has begun, bipartisan congressional threats to sever U.S. military assistance because of humanitarian concerns will be tested.

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The People Rethinking Methods of Execution

2018-06-11

The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option?

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Politicizing Education: Israel and Myanmar set worrisome precedent

2018-06-04

Israel and Myanmar are the two countries with troubled human rights records and disputed histories of dealing with ethnic and national rights

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Saudi Arabia Hits the Brakes on Reforms

2018-05-28

Arresting feminists does not inspire faith in the crown princes much hyped reform agenda.

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Legal protection of the right to a society free of corruption

2018-05-21

Study in light of international conventions

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Incidents of Anti-Shiism in April, 2018

2018-05-06

With 673 incidents of anti-Shiism during the month of April, Shia repression is on the rise. The reduction in February and March from January’s equivalent 673 incidents was too good to be true, as this month concluded with 128 deaths, 180 injuries, 236 ar

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Automation and American Leadership

2018-04-21

In an era of rapid technological change, it is widely assumed that disruptions to labor markets are inevitable

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Four More Years of Censoring Culture in Egypt

2018-03-31

The current president has presided over a purge of liberal expression. And he is nearly guaranteed to win another term this week.

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Free Speech in the Filter Age

2018-02-17

In a democracy, the rights of the many cannot come at the expense of the rights of the few

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10 Humanitarian Crises To Look Out For In 2018

2018-01-08

From the Rohingya to South Sudan, hurricanes to famine, 2017 was full of disasters and crises. But 2018 is shaping up to be even worse. Here is why.

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