Month: March 2018

Mina Ahadi: Abuse of Women’s Rights in Iran Calls for a New Revolution

March 11, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen  (Interviewer) and Stephanie Wimmers (Translator) Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Mina, what is your family background regarding religion, geography, culture, language, and education? Mina Ahadi: I was born in Abhar, a little town in Iran. My mother tongue was Turkish but we learnt and spoke Persian in school. My father was active in […] Read more

Book Review: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

March 9, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
Michael Wolff’s explosive book on the Trump administration, while an entertaining read, is dubious in terms of its factual veracity. Michael Wolff’s fly-on-the-wall account of the Trump White House’s first months in office, Fire and Fury, is already one of 2018’s best-selling and most controversial books. While its contents have been questioned and vociferously denied […] Read more

Tear Gas and Arrests Follow Turkish Women’s Rights Protests

March 6, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
On March 4, Turkish protesters were on the streets of Ankara, Turkey, for the advancement of women’s rights and were met with arrests and tear gas. At a gathering ahead of International Women’s Day, which is on March 8, the marchers ignored calls to disperse their protests. This was not taken well by the riot […] Read more

Male Circumcision Violates Human Rights

March 5, 2018 | by | 9 Comments
Male circumcision, widely regarded as harmless, still violates the bodily autonomy of children and carries many medical risks. Ahead of a vote in the Icelandic parliament, a bill to outlaw male circumcision has ignited controversy across Europe, with conservative religious figures – Jewish, Islamic and Christian faith leaders among them – rallying together in common […] Read more

French Embassy in Burkina Faso attacked by jihadist terrorists

March 4, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
A terrorist attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso on Friday, March 3, believed to be targeting the anti-terror force G5-Sahel has killed dozens. A jihadist terror attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso claimed dozens of lives on Friday, March 3. There were two attacks, with one on the French Embassy in […] Read more