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Nadia Murad may have won the Nobel peace prize, but the world failed her Yazidi people

The international community could and should have done more...

Migration: new map of Europe reveals real frontiers for refugees

Since the EU declared a “refugee crisis” in 2015...

The IPCC’S final warnings of extreme global warming

Scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

Death Penalty undermines Human Dignity: Teesta Setalvad

This International Day against Death Penalty, we solemnly reaffirm...

No black scientist has ever won a Nobel – that’s bad for science, and bad for society

Many in the scientific world are celebrating the fact...

World Day Against Death Penalty: India needs to abolish capital punishment

In India, delays in judicial processes and trial, long...

Why is Facebook disabling accounts of leading journalists?

Many have questioned the unprecedented crackdown on free speech...

Ten photos that changed how we see human rights

Nearly 70 years ago, in December 1948, the United...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s extraordinary fall from grace

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader and de...

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From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

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