News Walter Scot was "the latest example nationally of an unarmed black man shot by a white police officer, further stirring outrage", according to the Washington Post on 14th April. On the 13th of April, a white police officer was charged over the separate killing of Eric Harris in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The victim again was a black man, and he was shot and killed while he lay face down at…

News 10th April 2015: Palestinians to join fight against ISIL in Yarmouk (Source: Agencies) Palestinian factions agree with Syrian government to use military force in Yarmouk, as the UN chief calls for action. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for action to prevent a massacre of Palestinian refugees in Syria's Yarmouk camp, just after all Palestinian factions agreed with the Syrian government to use military force to expel Islamic State…

The Maharashtra State Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act came into force from March 4, 2015 with the President giving his sanction to it. It extends a previous ban on cow slaughter to bulls and bullocks too, those caught violating the law face a five-year jail term and a fine of Rs 10,000 ($160), if convicted. This ban has rendered thousands of Muslims jobless, loss of revenue to the tune of Rs.100…

News Look around at any of Afghanistan's large cities - Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif, and Kandahar and it is easy to see that Afghanistan is facing an internal displacement crisis. Camps and settlements for Afghanistan's 820,000 internally displaced people (IDPs); forced by conflict or natural disaster from their homes, sprawl out for miles on the city fringes, with thousands of new arrivals every week. A new report by the Norwegian…