France Reminds The World It Hates Women
The French ban on Muslim Olympians from wearing the hijab is not a secular value—its fascist oppression—and a symptom of France’s systemic abuse of women QASIM RASHID JUL 25, 2024 […]
Rise in break-ups and divorce in Lebanon mirrors socio-economic changes across the Arab world
SPECIAL Economic pressures, evolving social attitudes and the changing role of women is fueling divorce rates in Lebanon. (AFP) Short Url Updated 9 sec ago NAJIA HOUSSARI September 10, 2022 […]
Lahore police register FIR against Mufti Azizur Rehman for sexually assaulting student
Imran Gabol Published June 17, 2021 – DAWN.COM Lahore police have registered a case against Mufti Azizur Rehman after a harrowing video clip showing the cleric allegedly sexually assaulting one of his […]
UN: Unprecedented Joint Call for China to End Xinjiang Abuses
22 Countries Decry Mass Detention, Seek Monitoring Twenty-two countries at the United Nations’ top human rights body issued a joint statement this week, urging China to end its mass arbitrary […]
Germany slams online hate posts about murdered pro-migrant politician
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 7 June 2019 The German government on Friday slammed online hate commentaries cheering the unsolved murder of a Hesse politician, who was vocally pro-migrant. “If someone is […]
My 12 Year-old Son Gave Me a List of Islamophobic Names He’s Been Called. This Is Today’s America | Opinion
Mansoor Shams On 5/30/19 Opinion “Terrorist, Taliban, Osama Bin Laden, bomber, killer, Allahu Akbar (God is great), Muslims are terrorists, Muslims are bad.” What was supposed to be a normal […]
Leaked reports reveal severe abuse of Saudi political prisoners
Exclusive: cuts, burns and bruising documented, despite government denials of torture Nick Hopkins, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Kareem Shaheen Sun 31 Mar 2019 Ha’er prison in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Faisal […]
Canada takes in hundreds of freed African migrants sold in Libya as slaves
by Ismail Akwei, at 01:39 pm, February 08, 2019, Refugees and migrants in one of Libya’s detention centres — Photo Credit: Confidential Canada has resettled over 150 African migrants […]
Saudi Arabia’s grim discrimination against women is exposed by Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s startling bravery
Freedom of religion is not legally protected in the Islamic kingdom, and people who convert to another religion risk being charged with apostasy By Aisha K. Gill; @DrAishaKGill Source: The […]
Saudi lady is trapped at Bangkok airport after attempting to flee household amid fears they might kill her
By Theweeklyn – January 7, 2019 A Saudi lady who’s being held in Bangkok after attempting to flee her abusive household has instructed of her terror that she will likely […]
The ‘King’ of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report
Source: The New York Times By Andy Newman In a shrine on the sixth floor of a Manhattan office building, a photo of a man in golden robes hangs above an […]
Cardinal O’Malley: We have a moral and ethical responsibility to report abuse
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholic clergy have a “moral and ethical responsibility” to report sexual abuse, the cardinal tasked with reforming the Vatican’s approach to sexual crimes said after criticism of the Holy See. Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley sought to reaffirm the church’s position on reporting abuse in his role as head of […]
Jehovah's Witnesses silencing techniques: as terrifying as child abuse
theguardian: by Candace Conti — Elders in my congregation knew that there was a predator in our midst. But they threatened to punish those who spoke out Candace Conti as a child. Growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness family is different. As a child, I didn’t celebrate birthdays, Christmas or […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses silencing techniques: as terrifying as child abuse
theguardian: by Candace Conti — Elders in my congregation knew that there was a predator in our midst. But they threatened to punish those who spoke out Candace Conti as a child. Growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness family is different. As a child, I didn’t celebrate birthdays, Christmas or […]
Mea culpa: Nuns admit to past mistakes in children’s homes
by Clare O’Dea in Brunnen, swissinfo.ch An independent investigation into allegations of abuse at children’s homes run by the Swiss Ingenbohl Sisters of Mercy has found serious failings by the […]
Philadelphia Church Official Sentenced to at Least 3 Years in Prison
Source : NY Times. PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced to three to six years in prison on Tuesday. “You knew full well what was right, […]
Women migrant workers find a voice in Bangladesh
Source: UN. Pakhi Begum left Bangladesh for Dubai to work as a maid, only to find that her recruiter had sold her into domestic servitude. After months of hard labour and abuse she fell ill and was sent back to Bangladesh without being paid. UN Women has been working to […]
Saudi Arabia: Activists want domestic abusers named, shamed
By JEDDAH: BADR AL-QAHTANI ARAB NEWS Prominent women campaigners and human rights activists called for harsh punishments, including naming and shaming, for those convicted of domestic abuse following the issuance of a draft law aimed at the protection of domestic abuse victims by the Shoura Council on Sunday. “One year […]
Bangladesh anger over India torture video
Source: BBC News. A video showing Indian border guards torturing a suspected Bangladeshi cow smuggler has prompted widespread condemnation and anger in Bangladesh. Eight Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guards have been suspended in connection with the incident. … Read more.