Dinesh Acharya, Editor of Share Bazaar Weekly was arrested in Kathmandu on charges of sharing a news article published on his newspaper on the official Facebook page of the newspaper. The case was filed under the Clause 47 of Electronic Transaction Act 2008. In the past edition dated 23-29 June 2013, Share Bazaar had published […]
Emancipation from the heart
Emancipation is a good thing. Equality independent of race, gender is a requirement for democracy; everyone has a true right to speak up. But to have emancipation, it has to come from the heart. And in the West, we are still far away from this. Women having equal rights as men, is only the outside. […]
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe Wins Re-election, Claims of Fraud Ensue
Written by Ndesanjo Macha On 7 August 2013 @ 6:32 am | 2 Comments In Citizen Media, Elections, English, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Weblog, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe won Zimbabwe’s presidential election on Saturday 31 July, 2013, beating his closest rival, the former Prime Minister in the coalition government Morgan Tsvangirai. The peaceful elections were the […]
Zimbabweans Vote in Critical Elections as President Mugabe Seeks Seventh Term
Written by Ndesanjo Macha Zimbabweans voted today in critical elections that will determine if longtime leader Robert Mugabe will remain at the helm of the African country or if one of his four challengers, including current Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, will take over. The peaceful elections were the first since the formation of a coalition […]
Brazil: Domestic Violence Issues
Written by Rami Alhames It’s a startling statistic: One-fifth of Brazilian women are likely to suffer from domestic violence. That includes physical, psychological, and emotional abuse as well as marital rape. The aggressor is usually a boyfriend, husband, ex-partner, or male family member. In light of the problem, an online campaign launched earlier this year […]
The search for the Femme Fatale ( a.k.a. Witch )
Over many centuries, women have been put on trial, accused of "witch-craft", or in more recent times of being a "Femme Fatale" – having the ability to control men and to commit heinous crimes for no plausible reason. Debra Milke has spent 23 years on death row in Arizona. On the flimsiest evidence, people are still […]
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