M. Nasir Jawed Scourges come in many forms. If wars, epidemics and famines take a heavy toll on human lives, the contagious social evils like racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia eat into the values of the very concept of humanity, besides consuming lives. What brings shame to the latter form of scourge is when the very […]
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Why New Zealand stands out
by M. Nasir Jawed Conventionally a calm and cool country, New Zealand woke up on March 15 to a terrible news: A far-right terror attack had struck twice that Friday afternoon, slaughtering 50 people in two mosques. It didn’t take us long to know the details of the incident including the gunman, who gave us […]
13 Commitments to Tackle Hate Speech
GENEVA, Oct 22 MY Report In June 2019, the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, launched the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech. Respect for human rights, without any form of discrimination is one of the core fundamentals of this strategy. In a recent interview with the UN Human Rights Office, UN […]