ROMA ARE BEING EXCLUDED AS SCHOOLS IN TURKEY SWITCH TO DISTANCE LEARNING

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged children, coronavirus, covid, deep poverty network, distance learning, education, Europe, exclusion, featured, Hacer Foggo, pandemic, Recep Erdogan, Roma, roma education fund, Romani, school, teaching, turkey, Ziya Selçuk.

by Jonathan Lee

In a small apartment in the Sancaktepe-Emek neighbourhood of Istanbul, 12-year-old Miray sits at home, trying to get her 9-month-old brother to sleep. Her other younger brother, only 3-years-old, plays on the floor. It is just past midday on a Tuesday – a school day – but Miray is at home, looking after her siblings while her mother is at work; unable to attend classes because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and unable to join her classmates remotely because of her family’s precarious financial situation.

Miray and her family belong to Europe’s largest and most discriminated ethnic minority group – the Roma – who because of centuries of persecution and exclusion often exist on the margins of society, where they are subjected to racism and poverty.

INTERPRETATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Africa, apostasy, asia, civil liberties, female genital mutilation, homophobia, homosexuality, human rights, Iran, Islam, Islamaphobia, malaysia, middle east, Najib Razak, National Security Act, Pakistan, politics, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Raif Badawi, Recep Erdogan, religion, Reza Aslan, Saudi Arabia, sexism, terrorism, Tunisia, turkey, women.

by Faizal Nor Izham

Trigger warnings: Female Genital Mutilation, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Torture

How does Islam actually fare in terms of human rights, and is it really any different from any other religion? The “religion of peace” has been getting a poor reputation in Western media over the issue for decades, with human rights abuses in Muslim countries often stretching from the major to the mundane.

Female genital mutilation, the stoning of homosexuals to death, the subjugation of women – the list goes on and on. Apostasy is frequently met with the death sentence in conservative states such as Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, individual liberties in these countries, such as speaking up against the state, are frequently curtailed on the pretext of actually insulting the religion itself. Just ask Raif Badawi, the Saudi activist and blogger who dared to criticize the Saudi regime and was sentenced up to 1,000 lashes from the theocratic state for his troubles.

DICTATORSHIPS & DEMOCRACY

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Abraham Lincoln, activism, Benito Mussolini, Brexit, china, corruption, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, Donald Trump, Erdogan, EU, EU referendum, Freedom House, Haiti, Hilary Clinton, Joseph Stalin, Lincoln, Mao Zedong, media, Mussolini, oil, politics, poverty, PR, Recep Erdogan, Roberto Saviano, Stalin, steel, turkey, uk, US, US presidential election, yougov, Zedong.

by Gunnar Eigener

‘Democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people.’
– Abraham Lincoln

Democracy has long been the banner to which Western leaders rally their troops to fight under. The Brexit referendum is a prime example of extreme democracy, progress for some at the expense of others. The desired outcome for the Leave campaign is for the UK to become a self-governing democracy. Just how much more democratic will the country become?

Recep Erdogan

ROMA ARE BEING EXCLUDED AS SCHOOLS IN TURKEY SWITCH TO DISTANCE LEARNING

by Jonathan Lee

INTERPRETATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM

DICTATORSHIPS & DEMOCRACY

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