#Yazidis – Victims of #Genocide, Slavery, & Sexual Slavery
Yazidids may be an ancient people, but they are modern-day victims of genocide and ISIL targets for hatred, slavery, and sexual slavery. They are an Iraqi ethnic minority, primarily Kurds,…
Tag Archives: #ISIS
Diplomatic Bluff to Break Longest Modern Siege
Sarajevo could have been liberated, rescued early into the siege; however too many EU and US political leaders either were acquiescent or resigned to what they viewed as the inevitable…
Wishes for More Tolerant 2016 & Actions?
By any standard, 2015 has exhibited a negative trend for tolerance and diversity. The trend is not just limited to ISIS or Africa’s virulent conflicts as Burundi, Ogaden, Central African…
Greece Shoved into Putin’s Sphere of Influence?
Merkel’s government contemplates the cost of bailing out Greece, and her Finance Minister hints that it may be better for all involved if Greece gets out of the Euro. As…
World Day for Cultural Diversity, Dialogue & Development
Some are promoting a conflict of civilizations and the killing and genocide of “the other.” Today, though, the United Nations and UNESCO are promoting diversity and our right to Humankind’s…
Hate Speech or Free Speech on Migrants in UK Press?
The anti-immigration movement in Britain has parlayed fear and reality of continued migration into substantial political power in effective alliance with an ever more xenophobic media. Of course this is…
Angelina Jolie Speaks to UN Security Council
An actress and artist speaking to diplomats on the political and humanitarian considerations of the never ending cycles of conflict might appear a bit at odds with past tradition. But…
Cultural Ethnic Cleansing
Genocide inevitably involves wiping away the cultural as well as physical existence of the people targeted. No continent has been spared and the examples are too many to enumerate, from…
Ukraine Needs Political Solution, but Can Diplomacy Succeed without Weapons?
Ukraine has had several cycles on the diplomatic merry-go-round, but the only result is more weapons in the hands of the so-described pro-Russia rebels. There is another round of…
World Interfaith Week – Religions Must Come Together to Marginalize Haters Killing in their Name
Religion is not under attack from another religion but mostly from within who would exploit and pervert for their own power or other self-promoting and/or aggrandizement agenda. This perversion…