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A photo purporting to show a baby whose mother was forced to have an abortion has shocked Chinese internet users.Feng Jiamei, from Zhenping county in Shaanxi, was allegedly made to undergo the procedure by local...
Women being women are not “looking for it.” They deserve the respect that all humans deserve, a right to privacy and personal safety. There is a movement in progress underscoring this. " It’s been Grand...
The Sri Lankan Army has been using rape as a weapon of war in the Tamil regions over 30 years. Currently, most of North East Tamil regions are under Sri Lankan Army’s control. Forced disappearance of Tamils for...
A buddhist monk from Sri Lanka was arrested for abusing two school girls aged 15 and 17. " May 05, 2010: A monk has been taken into custody in connection with an allegation that two school girls of an orphanage in Uppuveli, Trincomalee had been abused. According to police...
Lack of international investigation and independent monitoring facilitates the Sri Lanakan Security forces to sexually assault Tamil women IDPs by transferring them to Boosa Camp without any official records. Many of these Tamil women victims are tortured, raped and killed...
Krishna Hari Pushkar 1. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, on women, peace and security was passed unanimously on 31 October 2000. Resolution (S/RES/1325) is the first resolution ever passed by the Security Council that specifically...
In Philippines, a landmark legislation on Women's Rights recently passed after seven years of debates. It is the Republic Act 9710, also known as the Magna Carta of Women. It states that womens' rights are human rights, and their rights need to be respected at home, at work...
" Sri Lanka is facing fresh calls for an international human rights inquiry after video emerged apparently showing extra-judicial killings by troops. The footage was allegedly filmed in January during the final...
The Sri Lankan government had captured Kilinochi making the town a deserted area as many Tamils civilians fled away from the Sri Lankan Army in January 2009. Kilinochi is considered to be the Capital of ...
The Sri Lankan Army unleashes its offensive on the Tamils civilians that are coming out from the "safety zones" due to reduced shooting and shelling of the Sri Lankan Army. Hence in effect making the remaining...
Tamils in Sri Lanka need help and they need it sooner than later. Stories like these have been happening to Tamils for several years. So called the "terrorists" group LTTE was trying to keep the Sri Lankan Army...
Hamid Karzai is out to win votes and he is willing to do it at the cost of women rights in Afghanistan. The current Afghan president is backing up a law, which the UN condemns (1) legalises rape within...
1986. Then I was 10 years old. My parents lived in Elephant Pass, the small narrow pathway connects the Jaffna peninsula to rest of the Sri Lanka Island. I studied in Jaffna from a boarding school. The infamous Elephant Pass check point experiences are the most squirming...
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