‘They want to go back to school’: photographer shows life after rape in India
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Smita Sharma began photographing survivors of rape in India in December 2014, the experience was so intense that she developed post traumatic stress disorder.
Indian police rescue trafficked teens duped into sexual slavery in Delhi
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two teenage girls from rural India, lured by traffickers with promises of marriage and a good life in the city, were rescued from brothels in Delhi at the weekend, a senior police official said on Monday, adding…
Deadly Saudi-led strikes hit police buildings in Yemen’s Sanaa: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Air raids by a Saudi-led military coalition on Yemen’s capital Sanaa killed at least 15 policemen and wounded more than 20 people when they hit police buildings overnight, medical and police sources said on Monday.
UK PM Cameron launches English language campaign for Muslim women
LONDON (Reuters) – Some migrants to Britain who cannot pass an English test within 2-1/2 years of arriving may not be allowed to stay, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday in a move aimed at fostering greater integration by Muslim women….
EU’s Tusk calls for ‘reasonable compromise’ on British EU demands
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday he would not agree to any sort of discrimination in changes to the European Union to keep Britain in the EU and called for “a reasonable compromise” on London’s reform demands.
Maldives allows jailed former leader to travel to UK for surgery
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Maldives on Saturday granted permission for jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery after pressure from the international community including human rights groups and his lawyer Amal Clooney.
Zuma’s office admits Africa isn’t biggest continent
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s presidency issued an embarrassing correction on Monday to rectify an erroneous reference last month by President Jacob Zuma to Africa being the “largest continent”.
British rights activist faces defamation trial in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Monday charged a British human rights activist with defaming a Thai fruit company, a case which could see him jailed for up to seven years if found guilty.
One killed as rocket hits Turkish school near Syrian border
ANKARA (Reuters) – A female school employee was killed and a female student wounded on Monday when a rocket believed to have been fired from Syria struck a school in southeastern Turkey, the local governor’s office said.
End of Europe? Berlin, Brussels’ shock tactic on migrants
The Germans, founders and funders of the postwar union, shut their borders to refugees in a bid for political survival by the chancellor who let in a million migrants. And then — why not? — they decide to revive the Deutschmark while they’re at it.
