Last Sunday, Baek Nam-Gi lost his 10-month fight for life after he was grievously injured from a blast from a high-pressure police water cannon. The 68-year-old activist and farmer, who spent years fighting for the rights of the rural poor, had joined a massive rally on the streets of Seoul on November 14, 2015, to demonstrate against the government’s agricultural policies.
“Kneecapping” and Maiming of Detainees by Bangladesh Security Forces
Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan
Child Marriage in Nepal
On November 8, Burma will hold its first widely-contested national elections since 1990.
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
