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November 2, 2016
Right-wing movements are repackaging ideas from white nationalism into a new, more middle-class culture by using the strategies and language of the left (4,500 words).
This article first appeared in Waging Nonviolence.
A Trump supporter at an April PSU Students for Trump event. Credit: WNV/ Shane Burley. All rights reserved.
A murmur began in May around Berkeley and the surrounding...
November 1, 2016
While the Chief Information Commission (CIC) awaits files on PM Modi’s expenditure on foreign trips, it is yet to take a call on whether the information of the expense during Modi’s visit to 40 different countries can be made public.
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As SabrangIndia had reported earlier, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has refused to give information on PM’s...
November 1, 2016
Three African states have pulled out of the ICC with other departures in the works, putting ICC legitimacy in crisis. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the International Criminal Court.
President Jacob Zuma speaks to South Africa's parliament in Cape Town. Image credit: Flickr/GovernmentZA
The news that three African states—Burundi, South Africa and...
October 30, 2016
Iran requires women to wear hijabs in the shooting range and in public places.
Shooter Heena Sidhu has pulled out of the 9th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships scheduled to be held in December in Tehran stating that she did not like the dress code for women at the event, The Times of India reported.
"Forcing tourists or foreign guests to wear a hijab is not a...
October 30, 2016
Scrutiny of homophobia in football has drawn renewed attention of late. According to a recent BBC Radio 5 Live survey, 82% of fans in England, Wales and Scotland are comfortable with their club signing an openly gay player.
Rainbow laces have become a symbol of football’s struggle against anti-gay prejudice. EPA/Tal Cohen
But more concerning, the survey also found that 8% of football...
October 29, 2016
Co-sponsored by 57 nations, L41 calls for a 2017 conference 'to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination'
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As long as nuclear weapons exist, the risk of accidental or deliberate use will be present," Jen Maman, peace adviser for Greenpeace International. (Photo: International Campaign to...
October 29, 2016
Syria: UN chief condemns reported school attack in western Aleppo
A child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the reported attack today on a school in the western part of Syria's Aleppo city that killed a...
October 28, 2016
While Myanmar prepares for internationally backed national election next both, a new study has claimed that Rohingya Muslim community is facing state-sponsored genocide. While on one hand, US’ decision to rollback economic sanctions brings good news to the country; on the other hand, more than a million Burmese people are on the verge of being completely exterminated, according to a TIME...
October 27, 2016
A worrisome figure that has emerged from World Economic Forum’s (WEF) report estimates that the global gap between the earnings of men and women will not be closed for another 170 years, providing current trends continue to exist.
Representational picture. Image credit: Behind the Door of 104
The Swiss forum based out of Geneva has published its Global Gender Gap report for the year...
October 26, 2016
The inspirational founder of the Centre for Investigative Journalism died on Saturday 22 October, 2016.
Gavin MacFadyen founded and ran the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), helping to train thousands of journalists in the pursuit of factual inquiry and in defence of the public interest. In tribute, we republish this MacFadyen piece, first published as “In-depth Charger...