विश्व
June 11, 2016
Interview Transcribed by Adrian Tafesh
Malihe Razazan (MR): Welcome to Status, I am Malihe Razazan. Last summer, Syrian-American journalist and civil rights attorney Alia Malek traveled to the Greek island of Kos, one of several entry points to Europe for Syrian refugees, to cover their long and dangerous voyage. In her latest article in the Foreign Policy magazine,...
June 10, 2016
हाल में जिस दिन मोदी अमेरिकी कांग्रेस को संबोधित करने वाले थे, उसी दिन 'चुनौतियां और अवसरः भारत में मानवाधिकारों की प्रगति' विषय पर वहां के मानव अधिकार आयोग के सामने आइएएमसी ने अपना बयान दर्ज किया। इसमें बताया गया है कि कैसे न्यायिक निष्क्रियता या इसके बेअसर होने के बरक्स धार्मिक आजादी के हनन में मोदी का प्रशासन भागीदार रहा। आइएएमसी यानी इंडियन अमेरिकी मुसलिम काउंसिल ने ह्यूमन...
June 9, 2016
Bangladeshi students and social activists protest against the killing of Avijit Roy, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Image: AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad
सहनशीलता और विविधता का हमारे देश में लंबा इतिहास रहा है। एहसान मंजिल में गहरे प्यार और बेहद बारीकी से तैयार किया गया एक नक्काशीदार दरवाजा है जो सांस्कृतिक विविधता का प्रतीक है। इसे मुसलिम नवाब ने बनवाया और हिंदू कारीगरों ने बनाया।...
May 31, 2016
Newsstand in Brasilia, Brasil. 18 April 2016. AP Foto / Felipe Dana
"If we take into account that the Universal Declaration dates from 1948, and that subsequent legislative instruments are relatively new, then we can see that the rate of progress is very rapid".
Francesc Badia: Thank you for agreeing to meet with Democracia Abierta. My first question is really a...
May 21, 2016
‘शब्द हिरासत में हैं और हत्यारे खुलेआम घुम रहे हैं’
( Photo Courtesy : freethinker.co.uk, Martyr Rajib Haider who was killed by the Islamists on 15 th February 2013)
आम दिनों में ऐसे बयानों पर कोई गौर नहीं करता, मगर एक ऐसे समय में जबकि आप के कई साथी इस्लामिस्टों के हाथों मारे गए हों और उनके द्वारा जारी हिट लिस्ट में आप का नाम भी शुमार हो और उधर अपने आप को सेक्युलर...
May 20, 2016
Research on the collective violence against Armenians almost always concentrates on events between 1915-1917, this book instead considers the violence against Armenians preceding and succeeding these years.
Employs a systematic analysis of over 300 memoirs in the Turkish language to show how a narrative of denial was constructed over the course of history.
May 13, 2016
Protect the rights to freedom of religion, belief, and expression.
STATEMENT ON ATTACKS ON ATHEISTS, SECULARISTS, AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN BANGLADESH
May 3, 2016
We, the undersigned academics, intellectuals, human rights advocates, and organizations from Bangladesh and around the world, unequivocally condemn recent statements by Bangladesh government officials appearing to blame...
April 12, 2016
Ninety Seven Years Ago, one of the bloodiest actions of British Rule was the calculated massacre of close to 2,000 innocent Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims at the Jallianwala Bagh. The firing was ordered by an officer of the British colonial power, General Dyer. While the official figure for lives lost was 1,526 the actual figure was reportedly much higher
Brutal: A painting of British soldiers...
March 16, 2016
In Arab countries, openly declaring a disbelief in God is a shocking and sometimes dangerous thing to do. Many have been imprisoned for it, some have been forced into exile and others threatened with execution.
And yet, in a region where the influence of religion is almost inescapable, growing numbers are claiming a right to believe – or disbelieve – as they see fit. Social media...