More: Human Rights
Take me to Patpong: The forgotten women of Thailand
One of
the perks of going abroad and studying in many schools is that I have friends
from many nationalities, backgrounds and interests, the privilege to...
Deprivation of Nationality as a Counterterrorism Response in the UK
Since the emergence of the Islamic State (IS), an estimated 21 per cent of its
30,000 foreign fighters reportedly travelled from Europe to Syria and...
Consular Protection
The world
is rightly outraged at how Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was
killed, but I was also horrified by where.
As the U.S. Consul General in...
Saudis’ Yemeni headache won’t go away if and when the guns fall silent
These are tough times for Saudi Arabia.
The drama enveloping the killing of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi and the brutal way in which it was carried out...
Ukraine: Religious Organizations Increasingly Violate Journalist Rights
In early January 2019, an event remarkable for the Ukrainian faithful
happened – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted independence. Before that,
there were three largest...
Iran: How to Avoid a War
Upon closer inspection, it appears that the Islamic Republic of Iran has a relative near dearth of human rights organizations operating freely within that...
‘Endemic’ sexual violence surging in South Sudan
A surge in sexual violence in South Sudan’s Unity state targeting victims as young as eight years old, has prompted a call from the...
Kashmir: From legal rigmarole to a solution
Kashmir conflict is a maleficent inheritance from the British raj. India and Pakistan went to fisticuffs to settle this dispute. Following their first war...
Harsh Turkish condemnation of Xinjiang cracks Muslim wall of silence
In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry...
The United Nations: Expectations vs Reality
“Alarm bells are still ringing. We face a world of trouble.” This was the distressing warning given by António Guterres, the United Nations (U.N.)...