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The Countries With The Most Firearms In Civilian Hands [Infographic]

The United States is experiencing a level of tension and division that is unprecedented in its recent history. Rising crime, civil unrest, allegations of...

The Disappearing Religious Minority Women And Girls In Pakistan

In recent months, media outlets covered a number of stories involving young girls who have been abducted, forcibly converted, forcibly married and abused. While...

Right-Wing Groups Plan More Trump Caravans, Proud Boys Rally For Portland

TOPLINE Right-wing groups and a known extremist entity are planning a string of events in Portland, Oregon, this September, as Black Lives Matter protests...

Activists To Initiate Private Prosecutions Against British National In The Hong Kong Police For Allegedly Torturing Protesters

On August 10, 2020, a group of activists, including Luke de Pulford, British human rights activist, and Nathan Law, former legislator elected to the...

Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence And Abuse During Covid-19

The global Covid-19 pandemic has proven that no part of our lives is immune to its destructive forces. We seek protection in the four...

A Digital Tool To Assess Mental Health Is Being Piloted For Emergency Physicians

World renowned teaching and academic institution Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced this week that it would be piloting a new mental health and wellness...

Change.org To Donate $6 Million For Racial Justice Efforts After Outcry Over Funds From Petition Backers

TOPLINE After Change.org drew heat for keeping money that had been contributed by backers of petitions supporting police violence victims George Floyd and Breonna...

Making Amends: A Restorative Justice Program Seeks To End America’s Epidemic Of Violence

Ashoka Fellow Danielle Sered, founder of Common Justice. Paul Lewis Anderson Prison reform has become a...

COVID-19 Pandemic Cannot Distract Us From The Urgent Need To Eliminate Sexual Violence In Conflict

June 19 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The day was established by the UN General Assembly in 2015. Its...

14 Days Of Protests, 19 Dead

Topline: Though curfews are lifting and protests remain predominantly peaceful, the death toll from two weeks of demonstrations over the death of George Floyd...

Law Enforcement Slashed Parked Car Tires During Minneapolis Protests

TOPLINE Two Minnesota law enforcement agencies confirmed on Monday earlier reports that their officers slashed vehicles’  tires during two days of protests in Minneapolis...

Children Cannot Continue To Be Victims Of Wars Waged By Previous Generation

June 4 is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, established by UN General Assembly resolution on August 19, 1982. Its introduction...

Is Pakistan’s Minorities Commission Doomed To Fail?

On May 5, 2020, Pakistan’s federal cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, established the National Commission for Minorities (the Minorities Commission), six years after a 2014...

Facebook Removes Record Number Of Hate Speech Posts [Infographic]

On Tuesday, Facebook released its biannual Community Standards Enforcement Report which provided the latest metrics on the number of controversial posts removed from the...

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