HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

QUEER VOICES
This Morning Feels Like September 12, 2001
By Domenick Scudera, Contributor
Professor of Theater, Ursinus College
More than half of the country voted for Donald Trump. This makes me feel unsafe. As unsafe as I felt on September 12, 2001.
WORLDPOST
Pakistan's Karachi Becomes a Human Rights Nightmare
By Farheen Rizvi, Contributor
Pakistani American social activist
Pakistan's financial capital and largest city, Karachi, has witnessed several gruesome incidents within one week.
WORLDPOST
Fighting Terrorism Without Violating Human Rights
By Lydia Canaan, Contributor
Singer-songwriter, poet, humanitarian, activist, UN delegate
Unlike some cultural aspects that are relative, violations of innocent people's physical integrity - such as dropping bombs on them - is universally deviant.
CRIME
Broken Toilets: The New Frontier of Prisoner Abuse
By Chandra Bozelko, Contributor
Founder and writer of Prison Diaries, the 2016 Webby Award Hon...
The broken toilet is the future frontier of prisoner abuse. Allowing an inmate to exist with a broken or dirty one is easy; the only evidence of it is the inmate's self-report, an account that will be discredited.
WORLDPOST
One of the Darkest Moments for Human Rights in China
By Dr. Jianli Yang, Contributor
Activist and President of "Initiatives for China"
A massive crackdown has so far resulted in more than 300 people disappearing and being arrested, detained, beaten up, harassed and put under surveillance. 
WORLDPOST
It's About Time, My World
By Lydia Canaan, Contributor
Singer-songwriter, poet, humanitarian, activist, UN delegate
It's about time you realize that I am you and you are me, that we are all intertwined and connected in humanity. Whether you are from the East or from the West, aren't you aware that we share a planet and not a world? And, what is a world?
WORLDPOST
The Paradoxes of Human Rights Discourse
By European Horizons, Contributor
A student think tank that connects students, professors, and d...
Now, it's no news that big and powerful countries have been selling arms to Human Rights violators, and France's Egypt-Dassault deal is only a recent and particularly telling example. However, this does not make it more excusable in any way.
IMPACT
Human Rights Are Universal Without a 'But'
By Elham Manea, Contributor
Humanist, writer and academic
I have always said I will stop writing when I give up hope in our ability to change and reform. So far, I have not stopped writing. Hope is still alive despite the disappointments, and these are plenty!
CRIME
Chicago Torture Victims Still Waiting For Reparations
By Kira Brekke
DC
North Korean Human Rights Violations Described
By Connie Lawn, Contributor
Veteran White House Reporter
The R.F.K. Human Rights Center for Justice and Human Rights and the Worldwide Coalition to Stop Genocide in North Korea hosted a discussion in Washington D.C. on Friday, February 13, 2015, with three North Koreans former political prisoners who have become activists.
WORLDPOST
Help Activists After Their Release from Detention! An Initiative of Yemeni Journalist Feras Shamsan
By Elham Manea, Contributor
Humanist, writer and academic
He was left without justice. All his demands for an apology and an acknowledgment that he was detained unjustly were left without answer. And no one seems to notice his blight. No one seems to understand his psychological wounds, not to mention the physical ones.
WORLDPOST
Mexicans Protest for 43 Disappeared Students
By Michael Solis, Contributor
Development worker in Sierra Leone and writer
These are things we can never know. But what is obvious is that a country of 122 million people has been awakened by 43, raising a collective voice for Alexander and the cause of justice in a way that has never been seen before in Mexican history.
WORLDPOST
Why Did Bahrain Arrest A Top Human Rights Activist?
By Rahel Gebreyes
BUSINESS
The Global Crisis Of Child Labor, In 1 Map
By Kevin Short
ARTS
Nerdrum's Closing Statement
By Brandon Kralik, Contributor
Professional Oil Painter
Tragedy depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. Remember though, this is not a play, it is a man's life.
POLITICS
Nigerian Army Abuse Is Making It Difficult to #BringBackOurGirls
By Daniel R. DePetris, Contributor
National Security Dude, Observer of Congress, Currently Outsid...
The deployment of Special Operations Forces from the United States would be appropriate if the operation was conducted unilaterally and not in conjunction with a Nigerian military unit suspected of human rights abuses
POLITICS
Plays That Sound the Sirens: Of Human, Global and Political Tolls
By Alan Kelly, Contributor
Founder & Chief Exec., Playmaker Systems
This week bore witness to a variety of global crises, some brewing, others resolved. Even so, their urgency was punctuated by heavy-hitting players and high-friction plays.
QUEER VOICES
A New Laptop or People's Lives: Gay Uganda
By Cindy Zelman, Contributor
Writer and blogger
I have partaken of American excesses in the past and will likely do so in the future, but not today, not yesterday and not tomorrow. My mind is on other things.
WORLDPOST
The 10 Worst Countries For Human Rights
By Sara Gates
QUEER VOICES
Instead of Punishing Russia, IOC May Punish Pro-Gay Olympians
By John Becker, Contributor
LGBT civil rights advocate
The New York Times' Jeré Longman reports that the Olympic Charter "prohibits athletes from making political gestures during the Winter and Summer Games," and that this prohibition could be used to "banish" Olympians who choose to protest, even silently, against Russian homophobia.
WORLDPOST
China and Nigeria: Neo-Colonialism, South-South Solidarity, or Both?
By Daniel Wagner and Giorgio Cafiero, Contributors
Bilateral relations between China and Nigeria will likely take one of two paths in the long term: either China will remain the overwhelmingly dominant actor or Nigeria will become a regional superpower, evening out the playing field.
POLITICS
Afghanistan: 'It's done. No more.'
By Dorian de Wind, Contributor
Retired U.S. Air Force officer and writer
RELIGION
Remembering The Massacre Of Sikhs In June Of 1984
By Gunisha Kaur and Simran Jeet Singh, Contributors
On June 1, 1984, the Indian Government launched Operation Bluestar, a full-scale assault on dozens of gurduaras around the Sikh homeland of Punjab. Eyewitnesses tell a story different than that of the Indian government.
BLACK VOICES
Rage Against the Patriarchy, Dr. Nikita Levy, and the Devaluation of Black Women
By j.n. salters, Contributor
Black feminist writer and PhD candidate
WORLDPOST
Human Rights and the Failings of U.S. Public Diplomacy in Eurasia
By Amy McDonough, Contributor
Global Health Corps Fellow
If the United States starts treating these issues more consistently, leaders of oppressive regimes in the region will know that they will face increased pressure on the international stage if they do not choose to fully respect the rights and freedoms of their citizens.
WORLDPOST
The 10 Worst Human Rights Offenders In The World Are...
By Sara Gates
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