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Why journalists are speaking out against Western media bias in reporting on Israel-Palestine
Media should not only inform, but foster understanding without exacerbating tensions or perpetuating biased narratives. Instead, Western media’s coverage of Israel-Palestine has prioritised certain perspectives while diminishing others, neglecting crucial context and perpetuating (unconscious) stereotypes.
“Women and children”: Why doesn’t sympathy for civilians extend to Muslim men?
In the latest conflict as in many others, we are seeing sympathy extended towards women and children that is not there for men. But men can also be civilians, and this erasure harms human rights generally, writes Anmol Irfan.
“Back door privatization”? Global South’s Share of Deep-Sea Mining Profits Under Scrutiny
The International Seabed Authority is supposed to ensure that profits from the deep sea are shared with all mankind. But so far, a few companies seem poised to take a majority share.
Call Me by My Name: How the lack of sex education in India is impacting society
While the conservative/religious views remain that marriage and reproduction are sacrosanct, even married couples face a lot of issues because they received zero, little or the wrong information about sex while growing up.
From Makran Coast to Europe: Crossing borders through folk music
“It’s funny, apart from Karachi, Ustad has not been officially invited to play shows in even Islamabad or Lahore, yet here we are in Europe, set to play 25 shows,” said the manager, Daniyal.
“They will start locking us up” The humanitarian toll of saving lives at the Polish-Belarussian border
What happens when ordinary people become human rights defenders? In a village in Poland, volunteers shoulder the burden their state resists by helping those who cross the border from Belarus to seek asylum.