Conduct that suppresses the right of association and assembly and false or unfounded accusations of alleged crimes against public safety presented by the authorities against environmental activists lead to victimizing acts, such as offenses against honor, judicial harassment, denial of due process, double jeopardy, arbitrary detention, forced disappearance, torture and […]
Violence
Rights and civil society organisations submit recommendations on new acid violence law
Kathmandu, Sept. 16 — A delegation representing six human rights and civil society organisations has submitted a set of recommendations for a new legislation on acid violence to Law and Justice Minister Shivamaya Tumbahangphe. The delegation of Amnesty International Nepal, Burn Violence Survivors Nepal, Forum for Women, Law and Development, […]
Cannibalism and the Chinese Body Politic: Hermeneutics and Violence in Cross-Cultural Perception
One question that always stymies us–that is, why cannot people eat people? Zhu Yu Rumors of cannibalism began to circulate over the internet during the early months of last year (2001), typically accompanied by graphic photos of a Chinese man calmly chewing on what appears to be a dismembered human […]