Together, with more than 30 executive decrees, it goes far beyond legitimate means to combat threats Under the clampdown more than 100,000 people have faced criminal investigations and 50,000 remain in Meanwhile, more than 107,000 public sector employees have been arbitrarily dismissed. More than 1,300 NGOs have been permanently closed down for unspecified links to “terrorist” organisations

predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million, was basking in international praise just a few years ago as it transitioned campaign of killings, rape and arson attacks by security forces and Buddhist-aligned mobs have sent more than Well-trained and funded in part by the Middle East, the militants' agenda appears to be to localized. But if the situation does not improve, there are fears the militants could be exploited by transnational

“As the shooting started, I ran away toward the forest,” a 41-year-old resident said. Defense think tank, the number of Boko Haram attacks against civilians in Cameroon in 2020 was higher than We ran toward the forest. Minutes later, we heard a loud explosion. I found myself on the ground. The lawane escaped and ran to the military camp in town to sound the alarm. The fighters stole his motorbike and ran away with it.

the world, and particularly those inhabited by the Rohingya, would almost certainly spread far faster than

desperate has the situation become that there is little doubt that Afghan Sikhs will become little more than

Struggles between Sunni and Shia forces have fed a Syrian civil war that threatens to transform the map Growing sectarian clashes have also sparked a revival of transnational jihadi networks that poses a threat The transformation of Iran into an overtly Shia power after the Islamic revolution induced Saudi Arabia The transformation of Iran into an agitator for Shia movements in Muslim countries seemed to confirm It established its own transnational movement known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

abusive Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is responsible for more enforced disappearances in Bangladesh than

History, Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies, Law and Legal History, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies, Transitional or promote stories without factual underpinning, the need to confront genocide denial is more urgent than movements · Effects of denial upon survivor groups and/or upon perpetrator societies · Reconciliation and transitional

North Korea (#1) and Iran (#10) are two examples. With missile launches from North Korea and protests in Iran, both countries are vitally important to Rather than helping, police destroyed evidence.

(Getty Images) Syria’s 18 million people make up less than one percent of the world’s population, but Since 2011, more than 5.5 million people have fled the country and 6.1 million have been internally displaced negotiations under way—such as the Geneva process, sponsored by the UN, and the Astana talks, co-sponsored by Iran Surprisingly, economic opportunity was less of a concern for most refugees than political stability.

Meanwhile, the Tutsi-dominated RPF began rounding up tens of thousands of genocide suspects and transporting to raise the risk of renewed violence, most Rwandans instead have chosen to get on with life rather than A TIME TO REMEMBER Beginning shortly after the genocide, with the RPF having transitioned from rebel Over the last 15 years, I have conducted more than 1,000 interviews with everyday Rwandans, including These courts, which sat every week under trees and in village courtyards across Rwanda, heard more than

More than 43 per cent of the local population are ethnic Uzbeks. Melis Myrzakmatov, a virulent Kyrgyz nationalist allied with former President Bakiyev, Osh has been transformed and order, or associate him with allegations that Osh authorities have allowed a local sports club to train speaking, the new Osh elite appears less interested in providing services and garnering popular support than