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Saudi Games in Geneva

Praise for a dreadful human rights record.  Written by Brian Whitaker On Friday, as Saudi authorities braced themselves for the women’s driving protest – and threatened to arrest any woman who dared to take to the streets behind the wheel of a car – there was better news from Geneva where the UN Human Rights […]

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Egypt: Human Trafficking in Sinai

Many refugees, mostly from Eritrea, are being kidnapped and held hostage by criminal networks working in the largely lawless Sinai Peninsula. By Yohannes Woldemariam | ThinkAfricaPress Since around 2006, the Sinai Peninsula in eastern Egypt, bordering Israel, has been the site of what the UN has referred to as one of the most unreported humanitarian crises in […]

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Putting a cost on human rights violations – Ukraine

By Nikolai Holmov | OdessaTalk Yesterday, Valery Lutskova, the Ukrainian Ombudsman for human rights raised the issue of European Court of Human Rights (ECfHR) fines levied at Ukraine thus far in 2013. Thus far, those fines have reached UAH 60,000,000 – or about $7.400,000.  Perhaps small beans in the scheme of annual  national budgets – until you consider that […]

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Near slave labor in Mellila Spain

Sometimes when we buy goods in the shop a little thought comes to our mind at least: “what kind of process did it take to appear on our shelves? Was it legitimate, and fair in their treatment of people?” All fair thoughts, although often we come up with blank answers or don’t ask this question […]

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Charities and Non-Profits: Which do you like?

As many of you already know our prime purpose as a publishing house is to raise awareness AND raise funds for human rights issues around the world. This is done through our publishing efforts, of course, as that is our way of raising funds. While we are situated in Canada, we do not only consider […]

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Egypt’s revolution for the women’s body

Its always good to be progressive when it comes to speaking about a society’s problems, especially when it comes to an apparently delicate subject as the women’s body. I was, however, disgusted when I had read what women go through in Egypt during the recent protests. They were often beaten, harassed, and raped. And worst […]

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Brothel-village for Bangladesh’s Daughters

Daulatdia is Bangladesh’s largest brothel-village, and while most of the sex workers know they will never leave, some are taking action to ensure their children don’t suffer the same fate, writes Christine Jackman. Sometimes the doors of hell swing both ways. This much Shumi knows. She is 17 years old. She is far from her […]

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A Daughters’ Virginity is Sold for Currency

Many newspapers around the world were ignited by the fire of what had happened in Colombia. A mother in Colombia has been accused of selling the virginity of her 12 daughters as soon as they hit puberty, for only a few hundred dollars each. Authorities say Margarita de Jesus Zapata Moreno sold her daughters for […]

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In Uzbekistan, ‘Slave Labour’ Used to Harvest Cotton

By Staff | Torstar News Service In Uzbekistan, this time of the year is the cotton harvest. It is also a time fraught with peril. One warm evening this month, Safarboy Karimov was at a public meeting in the western region of Karakalpakistan where he was humiliated by government officials for not picking enough cotton. […]

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How Kurdistan Ended Female Genital Mutilation

Two years ago, FGM was banned as part of a wide-ranging law to improve women’s rights. By Shaimaa KhalilSpecial | GulfNews Toutkhal: Kurdistan is one of Iraq’s rare success stories; autonomous from Baghdad since 1991, the region has recently enjoyed an oil boom that’s fuelled foreign investment unknown elsewhere in the country. And recently Iraqi Kurdistan […]

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