Hasbiya Allahu wa ni’am alwakeel The people of Iraq have suffered beyond belief since the US invasion in 2003, followed by years of mass arrest, torture and every kind of onslaught and abuse. From the most rural of villages to its cities, the levels of destruction have made the country unrecognisable from the once developed nation which had the highest literary rates in the region and the highest number university…

A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday 17 December 2019 found former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason and handed him a death sentence under Article 6 of the Constitution. In a rapid reaction to the ruling, the armed forces media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), stated,

Akipress covered a news topic relating to CEDAW policies on women and its lack of implementation in Kazakhstan. Human Rights Watch has expressed concern over the failure of the Government to tackle Domestic violence and equality for disabled women. It cited that currently the laws relating to criminalization and punishment of offenders if inadequate and leaves women open to abuse.

On the 5th of December 2019, the BBC reported on an attack on a refugee migrant centre in Madrid, Spain. A bomb squad was called to defuse a grenade that was thrown over the wall housing unaccompanied children of people fleeing war zones and danger. A spokesperson from one of the active political parties, Adriana Lastra stated that the racist agenda of the current political climate was to blame.