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- How life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan has changed — and how it hasn't
Story by Susannah George and Aziz Tassal; photos by Lorenzo Tugnoli, The Washington Post, Dec. 29, 2020
Over two decades of conflict and politicking, Taliban control in Afghanistan has become a patchwork of edicts and codes, with some areas seeing modest reform. But overall, fear and intimidation remain at the heart of the militant group’s command.
- Myanmar Muslim minority subject to horrific torture, UN says
Jonah Fisher, BBC News, March 10, 2017 A top UN official says "crimes against humanity" are being committed by the military and police against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. The UN's special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, was speaking as part of a joint BBC Newsnight-BBC Our World investigation. Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in power almost a year, declined an interview. A spokesman for her party said the allegations were "exaggerated" and an "internal" not "international" issue.
- NY Times - ‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims
The Xinjiang Papers
More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, New York Times, Nov. 16, 2019
The report was discussed on NPR's The Takeaway on Nov. 19, 2019, https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway
- Pathologies of Power: Rethinking Health and Human Rights
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Public Health Matters. Am J Public Health 1999 (Oct);89(10):1486-1496 This article advances an agenda for research and action grounded in the struggle for social and economic rights, an agenda suited to public health and medicine, whose central contribution to future progress in human rights will be linked to the equitable distribution of the fruits of scientific advancement.
- Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Yuval Noah Harari, The Atlantic, October 2018 Artificial intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it. This article has been adapted from Yuval Noah Harari’s book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.