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Powerful People

Well-behaved women rarely make history

Mona Ambegaonkar is an Indian film and television actress. She has featured in over 15 plays, 18 feature films, 38 T...

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Human Rights

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang sentenced in China

A court in Tianjin, a city in northern China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to 4 1/2 years in prison for subversion...

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Human Rights

A Doctor-Whistleblower from Nauru wins the 2019 Blueprint for Free Speech Prize

Dr. Nick Martin won the global 2019 Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize in London on 16th of this month (Wednesday) for speaking out a...

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Gender

‘Period hut’ kills a mother and her two sons in Nepal

Age-old practices have considered women to be impure during menstruation. The illegal practice of Chhaupadi is a tradition associated with the me...

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Human Rights

Women protest in an unconventional way by shaving their Heads

Four wives of most prominent rights lawyers and activists have shaved their heads in protest over the “persecution” of their h...

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Human Rights

UN Security Council meets to discuss Impact of War on People with Disabilities

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force in May 2008, and has so far been signed by 130 countries. It enshr...

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Kaleidoscope

The Secret Library

Spanish writer Carlos Luis Zafon has completed his Cemetery of Forgotten Books series with a fourth novel, The...

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Sustainable Development

Now Home Delivery of Government Services

The AAP government in Delhi launched the doorstep delivery of 40 public services for the people living in the n...

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Human Rights

Can Grassroots Leaders bring the Change We Want?

It has become increasingly clear to every citizen that our elected officials are very good at rhetoric, at poin...

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Hollywood

At Eternity’s Gate: Willem Dafoe Looks Promising in Vincent Van Gogh Biopic

The trailer released for At Eternity’s Gate, an upcoming artistic biopic on painter Vincent Van Gogh and it looks fantastic. Wil...

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