Tag Archives : Conflicts

Middle East is forever in news for its never ending conflicts and strife. Countries in Middle East are so much locked up in political crises that they are neglecting environment and other important factors related to well being of the people. It is indeed unfortunate that even the Dead Sea known for its dense mineral and salt content is shrinking and [...]

Today is the 20th anniversary of UN’s Convention on Rights of the Child and various ceremonies are being held all over the world to mark the event. This Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) was signed in 1989 and it endorses and guarantees basic right of all children to life, education, play and protection from abuse. This landmark human rights [...]

There are quite a few conflict zones in the world today where everyday civilians are being caught in the crossfire, their villages are devastated due to bombing and homes are reduced to rubble. There is no normalcy and hence no regular source of livelihood and income. People live in rehabilitation and refugee camps. More than adults it’s the children [...]

There are a record high number of displaced people due to conflicts in the world today according to latest UNHCR’s annual Global Trends reports released yesterday. At the end of 2008 the total number of refugees was at 42m and now after recent Sri Lanka’s war against LTTE, Pakistan’s crackdown on Taliban at Swat and conflict in Somalia the number [...]

There cannot be another befitting anti-war, anti-human rights abuse campaign than this new animation advertisement of Amnesty International, Portugal. There cannot be greater call of duty for humane souls than to stand up and help victims of war. The spot is right on dot with its message: “Everybody is Against Everybody. Somebody has to be for them.” Human [...]

Obama’s decision to send 17,000 reinforcement troops in Afghanistan has only strengthened resolution of Taliban to hold ground and fight. In fact Pakistan and Afghan Taliban have buried their differences, closed ranks and agreed to unify in their war against US. Taliban fighters across borders are preparing to greet influx of American soldiers with [...]

Obama faces a huge responsibility. World expects him to find solutions for all grave crisis the world is facing today, right from global economic crisis to global warming. Not forget the threat of terrorism and continuing conflicts in almost all corners of the world. There is no escape. America has led the world into crisis and now Obama and his team [...]

Recently I took a leisure walk of few hours in another country without having to sign papers or security checks. We walked freely in to Phuntsillong, Bhutan from Jaigaon, India. Those few hours reinstated my belief that borders are no longer geographical but are essentially political. Many a dreamers have dreamt about countries without borders (and [...]