Tag Archives: Violence

After the New Year's Eve attacks on police and rescue workers in several German cities, the political debate about the causes of the violence and Germany's integration policy continues to gain momentum. In Berlin, 145 people, most of whom were under the age of 25, were arrested by police in connection with the riots.

Blandine Rinkel avait dédié son premier roman, L’Abandon des prétentions (Fayard, 2017), « Aux pierres ». Sans doute l’adresse avait-elle un sens secret, mais elle pouvait apparaître comme un avertissement : l’écrivaine – née en 1991 –, chanteuse et danseuse dans le collectif Catastrophe..

About 1 in 3 (30%) women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to the World Health Organization, WHO. .In its annual report of March 2021, the organization finds that  most of this violence is intimate partner sexual violence. But the violence is also committed by non-partners.

Ethiopia is witnessing a first of its kind elections for the People’s Chamber, an experience that some hope will change the face of the country. Others decided to boycott their votes fearing post-election violence.

Les adolescents "baignent" dans la violence, "ils en parlent tous", a assuré sur franceinfo Serge Hefez, psychiatre et psychanalyste, responsable de l’unité de thérapie familiale..

Ye Swan Htet, 23, had joined a sit-down protest on a bridge in west Yangon when he saw police approaching. Officers were carrying guns, he remembered, but he didn’t expect them to actually shoot.

Après la diffusion d'une vidéo montrant les mauvais traitements infligés à de jeunes migrants marocains dans un centre d'accueil de Las Palmas, aux Canaries, Rabat a exprimé son inquiétude. L'Unicef a également mis en garde contre une "stigmatisation préoccupante" des enfants non accompagnés et des jeunes migrants sur l'archipel espagnol.

Central African Republic is facing serious food shortages as election violence has cut off the country and stranded hundreds of trucks carrying supplies outside its borders.

Twitter a suspendu vendredi "de façon permanente" le compte de Donald Trump, évoquant les risques "de nouvelles incitations à la violence" de la part du président américain sortant, deux jours après les émeutes de ses partisans qui ont envahi le Capitole.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, it is important to throw light on a growing threat women journalists are facing today: The insidious problem of online violence is increasingly spilling offline, with potentially deadly consequences.