‘Give Us Our Children Back’: Hunger Strikers in Sri Lanka Demand Answers
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Seated on a platform outside a regional post office in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, about 150 miles north of the...
New York Times 1
Jan 26, 2017
It is High Time We Discarded the Pernicious Myth of India’s Medieval Muslim ‘Villains’
Whatever happened in the past, religious-based violence is real in modern India, and Muslims are frequent targets. It is thus...
The Wire
Jan 11, 2017
Violent persecution of Christians expected to increase in 2017, warns charity group
(Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)A photo of Iraqi Christians praying during a mass on Christmas (Dec. 25, 2016) at St. Joseph Chaldean church in...
Amee Florence Payno | The Christian Times
Jan 2, 2017
News on the ongoing genocide in Myanmar: Kachin Children/women as human shields for troops; Malaysia
"They (the Rohingyas) are ill-treated only because they are weak. If we (all Muslims) come together as one and voice our concerns, we may...
Genocide Watch
Dec 3, 2016
Tough Stand by India’s Modi on Militants Raises Risks With Pakistan
By Geeta Anand An effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India was burned during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct. 7....
New York Times 1
Oct 24, 2016
UN rights chief: ‘Seriously concerned’ by situation in Jammu and Kashmir, urges de-escalation of ten
Women walking past Indian security forces in Srinagar, summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Nimisha...
Genocide Watch
Oct 4, 2016
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - August 2016
Global Overview AUGUST 2016 The month saw Yemen’s peace talks collapse with violence there intensifying, and the Syrian conflict escalate...
International Crisis Group 1
Aug 31, 2016
Amnesty International: Executions Highest in 25 Years,
Despite a growing repudiation of the death penalty by governments around the world, at least 1,634 people were executed last year, the...
New York Times 1
Apr 7, 2016
Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis
Executive Summary On 5 January, the first anniversary of the deeply contested 2014 elections, the most violent in Bangladesh’s history,...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 9, 2015
Nepal: Conflict-Era Rapes Go Unpunished
Both government forces and Maoist combatants raped and sexually harassed women and girls during Nepal’s decade-long armed conflict, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 23, 2014
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - November 2011
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 30, 2011
Steps Towards Peace: Putting Kashmiris First
Overview India and Pakistan have consistently subjected Kashmiri interests to their own national security agendas and silenced calls for...
International Crisis Group 1
Jun 3, 2010
