You've Got (Black) Mail! For some very obvious reasons, most of the world has recently cast a wary eye towards the continuing escalation of rhetoric and military buildup on the Line of Control in Kashmir between long-time adversaries Pakistan and India. If a war here were to develop, it could very well lead to a nuclear conflict - only the second in the history of the world...
Abandoning International Obligations The ordeal of the Prisoners of War (POWs) has been cause for serious worries and concerns over the centuries. In many cases the POWs were mistreated by their captors, tortured, subjected to degrading treatment, or even killed...
Human Rights in Southeast Asia From Malaysia to Myanmar, human rights is taking the back stage while progress achieved throughout Southeast Asia in the battle for the respect of such rights is suffering from the obsession with terrorism, as rights activists are bleeding from the defeat handed over by the September 11 attacks on the U.S. and its aftermath...
Creating Examples A growing number of voices are sharply questioning the sub-animal treatment being meted out to Muslims captured in Afghanistan by the U.S. and its proxies. While such voices are largely muted within the U.S., some world figures are risking their futures in speaking out against this violation of human
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