Guess who surprised themselves and changed their minds.
There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes.
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty. . . It is surely a matter of outrage that over half a million women die annually from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. This is nearly half the annual global death toll, and arguably, a direct reflection of the disempowerment of women in social, economic and political life.
I am deeply concerned that Sri Lanka, despite the opportunity provided by the end of the war to construct a new vibrant, all-embracing state, is showing signs of heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction.
Venice is a place where the past is still hanging around, waiting for an appointment with the future; but the future hasn't shown up. In the meantime it is a kind of no man's land, given up by default and occupied by irregulars and their dogs.
If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is in third grade, where there is a person and things happen to them and then something big happens and they realize something new.
We need an employer verification system that works so that we can hold employers accountable.