In the twenty-first century, as the world grapples with a deadly pandemic, another sub-pandemic seems to be taking roots in most societies – that of domestic violence against women. Termed by United Nations Women as the ‘shadow pandemic’, this notion aims to highlight that as 90 countries move into lockdown
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IS CHINA GETTING AWAY WITH FELONY?
In the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 22 countries (mostly western) condemned China’s mass detention of the Uyghur and other ethnic Muslim minority groups. Unpredictably, just a few days later, 37 countries (mostly from Asia and Africa) responded with a letter to the United Nations praising China’s