HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageSeren Yüce unveils the herds of patriarchy in Ço?unluk 0
Post Views: 4 EM?NE YILDIRIM ?STANBUL Seren Yüce’s Alt?n Portakal-winning debut feature “Ço?unluk” (The Majority) is a hard slap in the face — a well-deserved and succinct one that reminds us of the macro social realities of Turkish society through
Read MoreMandatory military service up for debate in Turkey 0
Post Views: 10 ÜM?T ENG?NSOY – ANKARA With threats to national security diminishing, Turkey’s maintaining of the largest military in NATO after the United States has come under question. But proposals for a smaller, more streamlined force relying less on
Read MoreFrench protests jeopardise airport fuel supplies 0
Post Views: 15 As strikes over pension plans hit infrastructure, ministers warn of fuel shortage at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport French protesters take to the streets of Toulouse to challenge pension reform plans as strikes hit fuel supplies. Photograph: Guillaume
Read MoreAustria urged to protect Turkmenistani activist in exile 0
Post Views: 5 Farid Tukhbatullin has worked on human rights issues in Turkmenistan since 1993 © Amnesty International/Ilya van Marle Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the Austrian authorities to protect a Vienna-based Turkmenistani activist who
Read MoreSri Lanka: Groups Decline to Testify Before Flawed Commission 0
Post Views: 10 Government War Panel Lacks Mandate, Credibility, Independence (New York) – Three leading international organizations will not accept an invitation to testify before a Sri Lankan government commission because it lacks the ability to advance accountability for war
Read MoreMalawi plea to free convicted ‘witches’ 0
Post Views: 15 Most of those accused of being witches are elderly women Eighty mainly elderly people recently jailed in Malawi for up to six years for practising witchcraft should be freed, campaigners say. George Thindwa from the Association of
Read MoreNobel Upsets Chinese Diplomacy 0
Post Views: 4 CHINA Nobel Upsets Chinese DiplomacyBy Antoaneta Becker LONDON, Oct 8, 2010 (IPS) – Europe delivered a lesson in universal values to outraged Beijing on Friday, awarding the world’s most prestigious peace prize to a jailed Chinese dissident,
Read MoreUS: Hatred in the Hallways 0
Post Views: 9 US: Hatred in the HallwaysThe tragic suicide of teenager Tyler Clementi, who jumped to his death off the George Washington bridge after a roommate posted online a webcam of him in an intimate encounter with another young
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Early Marriage – 1 out of 3 Wives is a “Child Bride”
Post Views: 31 Early Marriage – 1 out of 3 Wives is a “Child Bride”Burçin Belge With the project “Chid Brides: Victims of Destructive Traditions and Patriarchal Social Heritage” the Flying Broom Association is going to tackle the problem of
Read MoreALL AT SEA – THE ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABOARD ILLEGAL FISHING VESSELS 0
Post Views: 14 ALL AT SEA – THE ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABOARD ILLEGAL FISHING VESSELS In the year that the International Maritime Organization has designated “The Year of the Seafarer”, a new report published today by the Environmental Justice
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