New pun in french.

Improvised explosive devices killed 53,000 people in 2011-2013, most of them civilians.

I don't see much hope of stopping this practice as long as the groups that set these bombs are tolerated by their communities.

Nigerian Atheist Bala has been released from the mental hospital thanks to a strike by doctors, but now receives death threats from fanatical Muslims.

Islamic law is incompatible with human rights. I've posted examples from Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, Saudi Arabiaand Sudan. I am sure there are more. Most "Muslim" countries forbid religious freedom to anyone who was once considered a Muslim.

Nigeria must insist that human rights apply to the whole of the country and that no local system is allowed to pre-empt them.

Indian soldiers and thugs in Kashmir have been officially given impunity for torture, rape and murder. The mothers of the disappeared have organized in response.

Carbon offsets are fueling land grabs in Africa.