The women and children of the Indian tribal population are trapped in deadly crossfire between the state and the Maoists. Forget gender equality: sexual abuse is rampant.
The right to offend, which the French secular republic with its long tradition of anti-clericalist satire holds particularly dear, is in everyday conflict with the values of the republic’s second largest religion.
Surely #JeSuisCharlie was more than just a convenient slogan for the day?
In a message to the tax evaders, a frightening voice says: “We know it all! Every single transaction of yours! You can hide nothing!” Meanwhile, Indians are getting more materialistic…
Despite the west’s damaged credibility following the financial crisis, the rule of law has remained as a remarkably resilient idea. This is especially noticeable in China, which increasingly seeks to upgrade its judicial institutions.
It has been exhausting having to confront the visceral divisions among us about the nature of what happened, the roles of religion, geopolitics, and racism. And the possibility that the west, thinking it ‘is Charlie’, has been spitting on their graves.
My friends and I, either in the past or more recently, all had some kind of personal and/or activist link with people among the victims…
I am for leaving believers in peace. Believers are individuals like any other, neither superior, nor inferior to atheists or agnostics.
Europe’s hypocrisy and latent racism was also displayed after the Paris attacks.
Freedoms are not unlimited but who, when and how can we limit them? Two colleagues agree to disagree. Content warning: graphic and potentially offensive imagery, including torture.
