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Afghanistan: ‘We Had to Choose Between Life and Death’

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 wisidagamage

Transcript from a recording of Zenab*, a 25-year old reporter and presenter with Afghanistan International Radio and TV. After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, she left for Turkey with three family members. Others in her family are still in Kabul, and they have lost their jobs. She continues to work but finds her income is not enough to support her family. This transcript has been excerpted from “In Their Own Words: Afghan Women Journalists Speak”, a report by the International Federation of Journalists and the Network of Women in Media, India,…

Dr. King Remained Hopeful. So Can We.

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 wisidagamage

King’s “Testament of Hope” sounds as relevant today as the day it was published. RESEARCH & COMMENTARY JANUARY 13, 2022 by Dedrick Asante Muhammad 2022 has begun with melancholy, as our country sees the pandemic reach new heights. Meanwhile our crises of climate, democracy, and inequality seem more entrenched than ever. All this uncertainty is taking a toll, but uncertain times are far from unprecedented. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to an equally uncertain time and found hope in recognizing the necessity of radical change. As we celebrate the national…

INEQUALITY BY THE NUMBERS

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 wisidagamage

Originally From: https://inequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/inequality-newsletter-january-17-2022.html THIS WEEK “The past is strewn with the ruins of the empires of tyranny, and each is a monument not merely to our blunders but to our capacity to overcome them,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. noted in 1968, shortly before his death. “That’s why I remain an optimist, though I am also a realist, about the barriers before us.” With global inequality reaching unimaginable heights, the barriers we face today can certainly seem immovable. But if Dr. King could remain hopeful, as Dedrick Asante-Muhammad reflects below, so…

Homo sapiens bones in East Africa are at least 36,000 years older than once thought

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 wisidagamage

Volcanic ash dating pushes back the age of human fossils found in Ethiopia to 233,000 years ago By Bruce Bower JANUARY 12, 2022 AT 11:00 AM Fossils from the oldest known Homo sapiens individual in East Africa are more ancient than previously thought. A partial H. sapiens skull and associated skeletal parts found in 1967 in the Kibish rock formation along Ethiopia’s Omo River date to at least around 233,000 years ago, pushing back the age of the fossils by 36,000 years or more. An age well exceeding 200,000 years for the Ethiopian fossils, known…

Statement by the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan on the situation in the country

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 wisidagamage

In a statement about the large-scale mobilizations and protests in the country, the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan calls for international solidarity to the demonstrators and demands the withdrawal of troops from the cities, the resignation of all Nazarbayev officials, the release of all political prisoners and detainees, the legalization of the Communist Party and trade unions, as well as the nationalization of Kazakhstan’s entire extractive and large-scale industry. The statement reads: “In Kazakhstan, there is now a real popular uprising and from the very beginning the protests were of a social and class nature, since the doubling of…

The Land Development Ordinance Amendment Bill: Granting women the equal right to become landless

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 wisidagamage

Originally published on: https://www.themorning.lk/the-land-development-ordinance-amendment-bill-granting-women-the-equal-right-to-become-landless/?fbclid=IwAR3OUN5sOMc40UBGNCSujzWNsj-Kl8VaHu6T3WbEBse-UHuhQzEjyeugsdg JANUARY 8, 2022 By Swasthika Arulingam On 8 March 2021, Women’s Day, farmers in Polonnaruwa commenced a continuous satyagraha to demand solutions to the debt crisis plaguing farmers. Debt has depleted women of their moveable assets, including their savings. However, even the most indebted women have secure legal possession of their permits or grant lands due to strict conditions against mortgaging State land. The conditions attached to ownership of State land are found in the Land Development Ordinance (LDO). Enacted in 1935, the LDO sets out…

කසකස්ථාන පාලනයේ කොන්ද කැඩූ ජනතා නැඟිටීම…

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 wisidagamage

දශක ගණනාවක අසමානතාවය, අයුක්තිය සහ දූෂණය ලොවට හෙලිදරව් කරමින් – පසුගිය වසර 30 තුල වඩාත්ම ප්‍රචණ්ඩ විරෝධතා කසකස්තානය පුරා පුපුරා ගොස් ඇත. රටේ නායකත්වය කෙරෙහි ජනගහනය වඩ වඩාත් අතෘප්තිමත් වීම නිසා පෙර නොවූ විරූ පරිමාණයේ විරෝධතා දින ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ කසකස්තානය පුරා නගර සොලවා ඇත. ආන්ඩුව මුලින් නොසන්සුන්තාවයට එරෙහිව කැරට් අල හා කෙවිට දික් කිරීමේ ප්‍රවේශයක් සදහා උත්සාහ කළ නමුත් පසුව හදිසි තත්වයක් කැඳවීමටත්, අවසානයේ හිටපු සෝවියට් මිත්‍රයන්ගෙන් හමුදා ආධාර ඉල්ලා සිටීම දක්වාත් තල්ලු විය. ජනවාරි 6 වන දින, ආර්මේනියාව, බෙලරුස්, කසකස්තානය, කිර්ගිස්තානය, රුසියාව සහ ටජිකිස්තානය ඇතුළත් (නේටෝ-සමාන මිලිටරි සන්ධානයක් වන)…

Another instance of the abuse and misuse of the legal system highlighted by Azath Sally’s verdict – Free Media Movement

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 wisidagamage

The Free Media Movement recognizes that the acquittal of Azath Salley, arrested and imprisoned until the completion of the judicial process for allegedly making a controversial statement at a media briefing, is an incident that highlights the attempt by the political forces to abuse the legal process. Azath Sally was arrested and charged in court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the ICCPR Act. This resulted in him spending almost eight months in jail without bail. Many social activists and artists have been imprisoned in the past with the…

Sri Lanka- Remembering victims of Othiyamalai massacre

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 wisidagamage

By Kumanan -02-12-2021 Remembering victims of Othiyamalai massacre on this day, 37 years ago, 32 Tamil civilians were taken into village community center by Army & Home guards after routine roundup. Their hands and eyes were tied & shot dead randomly in the hall. Their families were chased to forest.

Pakistan – Workers Organisations UNITE for “Elimination of Gender-based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work”

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 wisidagamage

Report by Nawaz Arain [ Karachi – Pakistan ], www.asiacommune.org Workers Organisations UNITE for “Elimination of Gender-based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work” at Mehran Hotel, on Monday Eve, 29th November 2021. Speakers at a seminar stressed the government to immediately ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention C-190, to ensure a world of work free from violence and harassment. They were speaking at a consultative meeting of stakeholders on the “Elimination of Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work” This was organised Jointly by the Workers Education…