More: Human Rights
Women’s driving: Saudi ultra-conservatives lick their wounds
Saudi Arabia’s lifting of a ban on women’s driving raises a host of questions that transcend the issue of women’s rights and go to...
When Interests Triumph over Humanity: Rohingya Crisis
While there is international outcry to end the genocide over the Rohingyas, Russia and China blocked the UN Security Council’s resolution to stop the...
Women’s driving: Saudi Prince Mohammed’s litmus test
Saudi Arabia’s long-awaited lifting of a ban on women’s driving, widely viewed as a symbol of Saudi misogyny, will likely serve as a litmus...
The right to online privacy unfolding – Barbulescu final judgment
(Reflection on text: Privacy i(n)t context of 18 April 2016, www.moderndiplomacy.eu) While there was a surge of media analyses more then one and a...
The Rohingya Genocide: Revoking an Ignoble Nobel
When the German transatlantic liner the St. Louis set off with 900 German Jews seeking refuge, it was 1939 and they were trying to escape what became one of the most...
The Plight of Rohingyas – Who is Responsible?
A leading national daily in Nepal recently posted about an art exhibition targeted towards helping the Rohingya community. While this sounded far-fetched at first,...
Is secularism dying in India?
Gauri Lankesh was shot to death on September 5, 2017. A consistent critic of Hindutva politics and right-wing Hindu extremism, the journalist-activist edited Gauri...
Rohingya plight feeds Muslim assertiveness
The plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority is becoming the Muslim world’s latest rallying call emulating the emotional appeal of the Palestinians in the...
Vietnam’s Skewed Sense of Social Justice
In what is slated to become Vietnam’s largest graft case in history, nearly 50 elite bankers are on trial in Hanoi for alleged graft...
Denial of Humanitarian Aid in Myanmar a Crime under International Law?
As the world remains shocked at the atrocities committed against civilians in the northern Rakhine state, Myanmar government has once again blocked all aid...