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The Persecution desk

To witness is to refuse silence.

Persecution takes many forms. It can be visible in violence, or hidden in laws, borders, prisons and the slow removal of a community’s right to belong.

Persecution Defined

Unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race , religion or political beliefs .

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(10) First licences issued for female drivers in Saudi Arabia, but women still face severe restrictions every day.

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least five people, mostly women who previously agitated for the right to...

(9) Chilean Students, Feminists Unite Against Sexism in Education

Two weeks ago the student and feminist movements began occupying universities and organizing marches...

(8) Former Cambodian Leader Mu Sochua Is Still Fighting For Women's Rights.

Mu represented the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) as its vice president, where she fought for...

(6) Gender Discimination

Women make up more than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million adults without basic literacy skills;...

(5) Linda Sarsour Explains Why the Media Got It Wrong About Gaza and Palestine.

“When the headlines say, ‘people died in Gaza,’ it breaks my heart because people didn’t choose to die,”...

(4) Chemical weapons of Today .

Examples include dimethyl methylphosphonate, a precursor to sarin also used as a flame retardant, and...

(3) World Refugee Day is June 20 annually.

World Refugee Day commemorates the strength, courage and perseverance of 65 millions of refugees who...

(2) The persecution of christians in the middle east.

In spite of the fact that every country in the Middle East has at least a small number of believers in...

(1) Rohingya, the largest stateless group of people in the world.

Risking death by sea or on foot, nearly 900,000 have fled the destruction of their homes and persecution...

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