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“Syrian Women are Being Tortured and Raped in Prisons. We Just Had to Do Something!” — Nalan Dal

A ‘Convoy of Conscience’ launched in Istanbul on 6 March, traveling to Hatay on the Turkish-Syrian border on 8 March. Participants from all over the world, including politicians, writers, public figures and ordinary housewives, demanded the release of women held in Syrian prisons. As...

Pope Francis: You cannot reject refugees and call yourself a Christian 02/02/2017 Pope Francis condemned the hypocrisy from Christians who are merciless to refugees and people of other faiths, addressing a gathering of a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, reports Catholic News Service. Francis rebuked “the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity...	Crimean Muslim refugees feel welcome, but there’s no place like home 26/05/2016 Ukraine’s Crimean Tatar Muslims have persevered through centuries of persecution, including an alleged Soviet-sponsored genocide in 1944. With Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimea, the Tatars are now facing renewed persecution in the form of government crackdowns and forced exile. Special...
Crimean Muslim refugees feel welcome, but there’s no place like home 26/05/2016 Ukraine’s Crimean Tatar Muslims have persevered through centuries of persecution, including an alleged Soviet-sponsored genocide in 1944. With Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimea, the Tatars are now facing renewed persecution in the form of government crackdowns and forced exile. Special...	Europe’s search for new Substance 06/10/2015 The “Ode to Joy” is the great hymn of Europe. However, more and more Europeans do not sing along to it so fervently when it says: “Be embraced, you millions”. The financial crisis and the controversial payments to the Greeks have seriously shaken the idea of Europe and its foundations. On the...
Ukraine: World’s unseen refugee crisis 25/07/2015 More than two million people are now refugees or internally displaced due to war but their plight is little reported. "All our belongings were destroyed. We don't have bed linen, we don't have a fork, we don't have a spoon". Natalya Beskorovana’s words condense the everyday reality of the majority...	Qurban Meat Will Be Given To People Resettled From Donbass And Crimea 04/10/2014 Communities of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine “Umma” decided to give the meet of sacrificial animals to those who forced to resettle from Crimea and Donbass this year.The festive prayer at Kyiv Islamic Cultural Centre, followed by a concert for adults and kids, will take place...
Whose war? 26/07/2014 The shooting down of MH17 has led to harsh words used about both the Kremlin-backed militants in eastern Ukraine and those behind them, but left terminology largely intact. With the western media still talking of ‘separatists’ and of a ‘civil war’ underway in Ukraine, it is worth noting the...	Will The Crimean Tatars Find Refuge in Poland? 30/05/2014 Some Ukrainian and foreign Media distributed the news about several dozens Crimean Tatars who asked for political refuge in Poland in late March. A polish human rights officer, however, has another information and says that about 50 people from Crimea came to Poland, and only 20 of them are Crimean...
Ukraine crisis: Donetsk - a dangerous place to be to a minority 21/05/2014 Jews, Tatars, Roma, Turks, Africans, Arabs, Azerbaijanis... all feel uneasy and possibly at risk in the turmoil of eastern Ukraine. The Independent reports on increasing tensions in an area where persecution is woven into history. Donetsk has historically been a cosmopolitan city. Founded in the...

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