More: Human Rights
The violently peaceful struggle for Tibet
Many years later, as he faced how the Dalai Lama became a political inconvenience for an increasing number of world leaders, the former emissary...
Great Purges Of Tyrants
Authors: Zakir Gul, Ph.D. & Dr. Kadir Akyuz*
The pages of history are littered with oppressors, dictators, and tyrants from countries large and small across...
Rolling back militancy: Bangladesh looks to Saudi Arabia in a twist of irony
Bangladesh, in a twist of irony, is looking to Saudi Arabia to fund a $ 1 billion plan to build hundreds of mosques and...
Is India Fast Becoming a Dysfunctional Democracy?
When hate invades the human mind, there is no limit to brutal atrocity. On April 10, a Guardian story included a video in which...
The Third Face of Power: Manipulation
Manipulation. It is the subtle and insidious use of power by rulers over the governed and, in effect, is a form of ideological mind...
Catholic Church under attack in the DRC
In a country increasingly wracked by armed conflict, nothing is sacred anymore. The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Whatever Happened To Due Process In International Relations?
It seems that recent events across the globe have further revealed a glaring hole within the framework and structure of international relations, law, and...
The Macbeth Of Turkey
The ruler during Turkey’s rise to (and probable fall from) power—Erdogan—reminds me of two stories: the real-life King Saul and William Shakespeare’s fictitious character...
Rwandan genocide anniversary: Can world muster the will to prevent new atrocities?
As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, United Nations leaders warn that ethnic cleansing and mass atrocities continue...
Despite his Crucial Health Conditions Nabeel Rajab Remains Behind Bars
The Bahraini prominent human rights advocate and President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab’s health has seriously worsened since his arrest...