The move is the latest in the country’s attempts to find sources of income other than oil and attract foreign investment. Under the new film screening standards, the UAE Media Regulatory Authority will introduce a new 21+ age category for viewers, instead of censoring sensitive and sexual content. Representative photoRead More →
Boston Celtics backup big man Enes Kanter recently made headlines for reasons other than basketball. What started as a campaign against the Chinese rulers and their human rights abuses has now turned into an all-out battle against companies, leaders and other athletes. In the latest twist in Kanter’s ongoing socialRead More →
– Dissident Voice / Cartoon Movemen WHAT are the western values? We often hear a representative of a Western country praising its Western values. In a 2017 statement, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, articulated Canadian values as “openness, compassion, equality and inclusion”. Considering the psychological torture that JulianRead More →
The lesson we must learn from what happened in Afghanistan is that peace and security are not possible without respect for women’s rights and human rights. Sima Samar, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, March 31, 2015, in his office in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo / Massoud Hossaini)Read More →
Of every great disaster there is a picture that sums up its horror. During the Vietnam War, it was the terrified young girl running naked and screaming after a napalm attack. From Afghanistan, to me it is a British soldier holding a little baby. The baby had been pushed intoRead More →
Nigerian public opinion is intensely homophobic. In 2014, the Nigerian National Assembly passed – then President Goodluck Jonathan signed – a law against homosexual activity as draconian as Uganda’s, better known. At a time of intense polarization along religious and ethnic lines in Nigeria, legislation had near universal support. InRead More →