Although it is true that the number of femicides in El Salvador has decreased in the last year, this does not mean that the country is safer for women, as there have been 916 more cases of sexual violence in the country. Luis Beatón This is already an […]
Human Rights
Muslim and gay: Minority twice over
This progressive imam is convinced that the rejection faced by homosexuals in the majority of mosques in the West comes from the manipulation by a fundamentalist minority that has nothing to do with the teachings of the Koran. Noelia Ceballos Terrén He was thrust into the media when […]
One more male victim of sexual assault
“Why should a victim of crime feel stigmatised or ashamed of what’s happened to them? I can understand a child feeling that way – they’re manipulated into it.” “He was mixed race, a good looking guy. He said he liked me and asked me out for a drink. I said […]
Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is about corporate profit and oppression
Israel continues to cock a snook at its obligations under international law, and the British political class is complicit, because they have turned a blind eye to Israeli atrocities. Chris Williamson / Dorset Eye* April 17th marked Palestinian Prisoners Day, which aims to highlight the plight of Palestinians who […]
Refugees: rising xenophobia in the Western world
Two women escaped from Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka, two of the worst world countries regarding Human Rights and especially gender equality. A refugee from Sierra Leone flew from a war which has its roots in British colonisation. Another lived in Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast, before going to the United Kingdom.