India’s citizenship changes are immoral and self-defeating
India’s citizenship changes are immoral and self-defeating Making it harder for Muslims to become citizens risks global backlash The reelection of Narendra Modi as Indian Prime Minister in May 2019 with a larger mandate than before has made his government almost unstoppable in passing controversial laws. In August, it passed a bill demoting and dividing […]
Yemen’s civil war has killed more than 100,000 people
Approximately 20,000 people have been killed this year alone, making it the second-deadliest year on record. More than 100,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s civil war since 2015, a report says. The death toll includes more than 12,000 civilians killed in attacks directly targeting civilians, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data […]
‘I’VE NEVER BEEN THAT INTERESTED IN ART FOR ART’S SAKE
‘I’VE NEVER BEEN THAT INTERESTED IN ART FOR ART’S SAKE Last year, Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam was jailed and tortured for denouncing his country’s regime. Now his work, which reveals people’s suffering without compromising their dignity, has been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet 2019. Interview by Rachel Spence. Portrait by Sarker Protick. The three photographs […]
466 extrajudicial killings in 2018: Amnesty
466 extrajudicial killings in 2018: Amnesty The executions in 2018 alone marked a threefold increase on 2017 and the highest in a single year in decades Bangladeshi authorities have allegedly killed 466 people in 2018 under the guise of an anti-drugs campaign in what appears to be a wave of extrajudicial executions, said Amnesty International. […]
How to help Syrian refugees return home
Displaced Syrians can only return home once regional stability has been restored The long-awaited safe zone, stretching from the towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn in northeastern Syria, has finally become a reality. It may soon become home to around 2 million Syrian refugees currently in Turkey. Yet, in order to house this number, […]
The government has made journalism impossible in Kashmir
The siege imposed by the government since August 5 – the day when the BJP-led government revoked Article 370 and subsequently completely shut down communications in the valley – also brought journalism to a halt in Kashmir. The communications shutdown did not spare mobile phones and broadband, ensuring that journalists in Kashmir could not function […]
‘They’re Rioting in Africa’
People across the world are protesting more than ever before. William Milam explains why oes anyone remember the song with the above title made famous by the Kingston Trio in the late 1950s? Does anyone, except a few antiques like me, remember the Kingston Trio? I think of that song these days every time I […]
The pressing question is how to avoid tyranny
In a recent article, “Is democracy a dying species?” American commentator Pat Buchanan took note of rioting in Hong Kong, Barcelona, Santiago and Paris, and questioned what it portends for democracy: “Yet one wonders: Why are these outbursts of violent protests and rioting taking place in stable, free, and prosperous societies? … If the beneficiaries […]
Where the Uighurs are free to be
Where the Uighurs are free to be Sweden has emerged as a safe haven for ethnic Uighurs fleeing political, racial and religious repression in China The Stockholm suburb of Rissne would seem an unlikely place to keep alive the culture and language of Uighurs, who are faced with political and racial repression in their Xinjiang […]
ASEAN can no longer turn a blind eye to Myanmar’s atrocities
ASEAN has a responsibility to help facilitate a repatriation process that prioritises the well-being of the Rohingya. After fighters attacked security targets in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military responded by killing and maiming thousands of Rohingya civilians, raping hundreds of women and girls, and burning entire villages to the ground. Almost […]
