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Eaten to Extinction: Asia’s Appetite for the Endangered

A big step has been made in the fight against the illegal animal trade. The sixteenth conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), held in the Southeast Asian hub of Bangkok this March, announced a “watershed moment” in its battle against the trafficking of endangered animals. In what has been hailed [...]

About a year ago, a 16-year-old girl called Amina Filali committed suicide. Why? She received the same treatment, yet in a different way. After having been raped and losing her virginity, her family, to protect her from the “hchouma” (shame), forced her to marry her rapist, as deemed acceptable by Article 475 of the Moroccan Penal code. This article states that a rapist, in order to avoid charges, is entitled to marry his victim. Africa

In Morocco, Being Raped Is Not The End Of The Story

Just a couple of days ago, a little girl was happily playing in her neighborhood away from the hustle and bustle of the city, peacefully absorbed in her own imaginary little world. A few hours later, she is laying in a hospital, her face completely cut and deformed by about fifty stitches, an almost-lost right [...]

International Political Forum Asia

Nowhere To Turn: The Eviction of Burma’s Minorities

The by-election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi last year promised much hope for Burma. Since then, and with pressure from the international community, the government of Thein Sein has been slowly forthcoming with reforms. However, abuses committed against the country’s minorities in recent months – in particular the Muslim population – have threatened to [...]

International Political Forum Asia

Korean Students Speak [Pictures]

South Korea has the world’s longest working hours, worst stress indexes, and highest suicide rates, and students can be in class for up to 15 hours a day. Inside the classroom there is little opportunity for freedom of expression. Fulbright teaching assistants in South Korea have embarked on a novel project that is gaining international attention. Korean Students Speak [...]

File picture from Bosnian police records show Radovan Karadzic when he was arrested for industrial crimes in November 1984. This photo was recovered in 1992 from a Sarajevo trash bin by Metro photographer Rikard Larma. Europe

Radovan Karadžić: The Other Side of the Glass

Guided by a security guard, we entered a room with a glass partition dividing the observers from the courtroom filled with red robed judges and black robed lawyers. The defense advisors of the Republic of Srpska’s former president, Radovan Karadžić, turned to watch us enter. To my surprise, our close proximity meant that not only was [...]


 
 
 

 
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China’s Booming Appetite for Ivory, and What it Means for the Elephant

After hearing that last year alone, more than 12% of the world’s elephants were killed for their tusks, a team from National Geographic decided to make a special on the threats to the world’s largest land animal. Why is the...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Today I Converted to “Islam”

I was “born a Muslim” so to speak. Some of you know my parents; they are “chill parents”. They encouraged me to read relentlessly. Also to argue with them annoyingly about everything the minute I could do so. Our discus...
by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui
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Eaten to Extinction: Asia’s Appetite for the Endangered

A big step has been made in the fight against the illegal animal trade. The sixteenth conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), held in the Southeast Asian hub of Bangkok this March, ann...
by Neil Andrews
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International Political Forum

Footballers After Football: The Sustainability of the Game & Potential Gains for the British Government

Footballers after football – financially set for life, attractive wife, worshipped by thousands after a career living every boy’s dream. What could possibly go wrong? Well, recent studies show that quite a lot can, and ...
by Jack Gregory
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Holistic Planned Grazing: Is This the Solution to Climate Change?

Burning fossil fuels isn’t the only way to pour carbon into the atmosphere. In this TED talk, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory explains how desertification – the process of land turning into desert – is an equal if not...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System

On the 14th of March 2012, a woman named Alem Dechasa committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at Der El-Salib mental hospital. Four days prior, as witnessed by an amateur video, she was kidnapped by her owner, her ma...
by Joey Ayoub
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