Human Rights

ASEAN and the Rohingya Crisis

2017-02-07

The United Nations considers the stateless Rohingya to be among the world’s most persecuted minorities

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As Trump’s world unfolds, Saudis, Alkhalifa ponder their future

2017-02-04

The regime is worried by the change of administration in Washington and Trump’s policies that may have adverse effects on Saudi security and long-term existence

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Dark Days for Children

2017-01-31

Images of dead, injured, and distraught young children filled the media on an almost daily basis

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Bahrain is still hounding its Shia

2017-01-21

Protesters are cowed, but the repression carries on

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WHAT THE GREEK AUTHORITIES SHOULD DO TO PREVENT HATE CRIMES DIRECTED AT MIGRANTS

2016-12-11

With rising tensions and attacks toward refugees in Greece, what can be done?

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Japanese-Americans Imprisoned For Ethnicity Speak Out In Defense Of Muslims

2016-12-08

“It was all based on race hysteria, xenophobia in the past, and you don’t want that to repeat again.”

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For Iraqi Christians, a Bittersweet Homecoming

2016-10-30

They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over

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Murder of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar: Who pulled the trigger?

2016-10-06

Sharing a cartoon on Facebook that depicted a depraved extremist issuing orders to a meek God

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Food for refugees, Fat help

2016-09-29

Increasingly, hungry refugees receive aid not as food, but as cash

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Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar 'unpaid for months'

2016-09-21

About 400 workers in Qatar have been without pay for up to four months, according the Indian Community Benevolent Forum charity

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Iraqi Pilgrims Abused in Medina Airport

2016-08-26

Iraqi pilgrims face restriction and unexpected search in addition to humiliation and verbal abuse in public

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Iraq’s Yazidis, Freedom on hold

2016-08-12

Safe from Islamic State, Yazidis now face a struggle with the Kurds

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A BLOODY RAMADAN PROVES SUCCESS OF ISIS’S DEADLY MESSAGE

2016-07-09

The group has killed more than 500 people in its attacks since the beginning of the Islamic holy month

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Bahrain Tightens the Screws

2016-06-29

Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor. How long will London and Washington hold their tongues?

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Getting a Grip on Migration

2016-06-20

Some 240 million people today are living outside their country of birth – enough to form the world’s fifth most populous country

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Murder for profit… A horrific trade in body parts

2016-06-17

People with the genetic disorder, which is characterised by an absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes, have long suffered from discrimination in Malawi, where superstition about the condition runs deep

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THE IRAQI GHOST TOWN WHERE ISIS MASSACRED 5,000

2016-06-05

Sinjar in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here

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Bahrain opposition slams provocative doubling of leader's jail term

2016-05-30

Opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman was given 4-year term for inciting hatred, but will now serve 9 years after appeals court decision

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Bahraini human rights lawyer faces arbitrary deportation: Amnesty

2016-05-28

Tairmoor Karimi faces expulsion from Bahrain, amid reports that increasing numbers of activists are being rendered stateless

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Slovakian Prime Minister says

2016-05-28

Robert Fico: 'I’m sorry, Islam has no place in Slovakia. It is the duty of politicians to talk about these things very clearly and openly. I do not wish there were tens of thousands of Muslims'

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Mental Health in the Middle East

2016-05-25

Wars and terrorism are stressful. The traumatised have nowhere to turn

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ISIS MATH EDUCATION STARTS WITH BANNING THE PLUS SIGN

2016-05-09

ISIS’s changes encompass the social, educational and cultural institutions. To make these changes, ISIS has at times used coercion and compulsion, and at other times enticed people through its interpretations of Islam

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