(48) Israel Prepares for West Bank Annexation Despite Pandemic Spread.
Thanks to the Trump administration’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan, the topic of Israel annexing parts of the West Bank has moved from the fringe to the center of Israeli politics. The apparent noninvolvement of the United States State Department in the issue has prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to state his confidence that annexation will […]
(47) Covid-19: Women Trapped Between a Deadly Virus and a Deadly Partner.
Trapped at home with an abusive partner or father, women and children are in greater danger, during the coronavirus lockdown period, as they can no longer access support services, according to women’s rights groups. The lack of privacy and the restrictions on movement make it even harder for them to reach out. Antonio Guterres, UN […]
(46) Scars Cannot Stop Them: Meet India’s Incredible Acid Attack Survivors.
Hundreds of acid attack cases take place every year in India. These incidents largely arise out of the rejection of unwanted male attention. Disgruntled fathers, disenchanted lovers, jealous colleagues or those seeking revenge against a family, make women their target. Acid, as ubiquitous as toilet-cleaning liquids, are readily available at corner stores. Acid has emerged […]
(45) Stop Religious Persecution in Nigeria.
Religious violence in Nigeria refers to Christian-Muslim strife in modern Nigeria, which can be traced back to 1953. Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to impose Sharia on the entire nation. Christians have suffered hugely, making up the majority of the more than two million people who […]
(44) Airbnb Is Ruining Our Neighbourhoods.
The relationship between AirBnB on rising rent prices goes as more property is used exclusively for Airbnb, more property is allocated from the long term rental market to the short term rental market, which caters to temporary visitors. This reduction of long term-rental units increases the price for residents looking for long term housing. As […]
(43) ‘Guardian’ of the Amazon Killed in Brazil by Illegal Loggers.
In the months before an Indigenous leader, Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed with a gunshot in the face in the Amazon reserve he had spent much of his life protecting, at least two efforts were made to warn Brazil’s government of the risks posed by illegal loggers in the region. The murder is one of […]
(42) Syrian Kurds are Now Holding Daily Mass Funerals.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to give a green light to a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria effectively abandoned one of America’s closest allies in the fight against Islamic State to an uncertain future. The People’s Protection Units, or YPG, had been a major component of the U.S.-led effort to combat […]
(41) Vietnam’s Horrific Legacy: The Children of Agent Orange
Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The U.S. program, codenamed Operation Ranch Hand, sprayed more than 20 million gallons of various herbicides over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1961 to 1971. Agent Orange, […]
(40) Forced Displacement at Record 68.5 million Refugees.
UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report shows an average of one person was displaced every two seconds in 2017, with developing countries most affected. Wars, violence and persecution uprooted record numbers of men, women and children worldwide last year, making a new global deal on refugees more critical than ever, according to a UNHCR report published […]
(39) 7 facts about wealth inequality that will shock and infuriate you.
1. 26 billionaires own the same wealth as 3.8 billion people or half the population of the world.-According to the report, the number of billionaires rose at the rate of one every two days between March 2017 and March 2018. Combined, they amassed more than $762 billion in one year. 2. The poorest half of […]