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Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Female Genital Mutilation is the partial removal or total removal of the external female genitalia or another injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice has no health benefits for girls and women. Instead, it causes severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well…

Photo credit: Peoples Gazette The World Bank has approved a $2.25 billion loan to stabilize the country’s economy.  It is a timely assistance after reforms. It is also to support the poor. The Finance Minister, Wale Edun, said in April that the country was seeking up to $2.25 billion in World Bank loans. President Bola Tinubu…

Photo credit: the Guardian The European Court of Justice has ordered Hungary to pay a 169-pound fine for its refusal to uphold the rights of asylum seekers in an “unprecedented” breach of EU law.  The country was also asked to pay 1m euros per day until it complies with EU laws guaranteeing refugees the right…

Photo credit: the expert No matter how perceptive, cautious, or street-smart you believe you are, you might end up being a victim of emotional manipulation. Manipulators won’t go to a radio station to say they will manipulate you at a specific time. Instead, they work in the shadows, taking advantage of your openness, genuine interest…

Photo credit: the National The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility in use from 2000 to 2008, 2012 to 2019, and September 2021.  The detainees at the centre have suffered severe human rights abuses, and there are widespread reports of suicides and psychiatric illnesses. The Guardian reports that the number of…

Photo credit: Malaysia Today The United Nations disclosed that 117 million people were forcibly displaced in 2023. It warned that the number could increase if political changes do not occur. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said, “These are refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, people being forced away by conflict, by persecution, by…

Photo credit: Daily Ausaf The government of Pakistan has decided not to issue passports to Pakistanis either living abroad on asylum or seeking refuge in foreign countries. The Nation reports that Pakistan’s minister for the Interior has directed the passport office not to issue passports to individuals who have sought asylum or are already living…