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Prolonged violence hurts global investors’ confidence in Hong Kong: financial chief
Chan said the prolonged violence, including vandalizing shops and public facilities, has taken its toll on both Hong Kong’s economy and its reputation as a safe global commercial and financial centre.
Turkish, Palestinian females speak up against longstanding domestic violence
They gathered in Kadikoy neighborhood on the Asian side of Istanbul, repeating chants, like “Stop the murder of women!”, “Stop male violence!”, and “Do not ignore violence! Do something!”. They highlighted various harsh stories of women who have been recently murdered across the country.
Third phase of ending violence against children kicks off, focusing on teenagers
Campaign to find an end to the culturally acceptable behaviour of mistreating children, and using various kinds of violence against adolescences
“Phantom of the Opera” normalises violence in society
Almost every day we read hundreds of reports of violence triggered by ethnic, religious or cultural hatred all over the world. It was dreadful to hear about the recent massacre at Walmart in Texas
Court sentences six to death, 41 to lifetime imprisonment violence related case
Defendants in “Popular Resistance in Kerdas” case were facing accusations of establishing illegal group, using violence, and violating the laws
Egypt, France, UK, UAE, US, and Italy call for immediate end of Libya violence
The ongoing confrontation has threatened to destabilize Libya’s energy sector and exacerbated the tragedy of human migration in the Mediterranean.
ILO adopts new labour standard to limit harassment, violence in workplace
The Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 and Violence and Harassment Recommendation 2019, were adopted by delegates on the final day of the Centenary International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
Balcony child: Why is society too tolerant of violence against children?
Culture itself justifies physical violence, views beating children as form of discipline
Journey started from being violence victim, to suicidal, to becoming productive individual
Violence-victim shelters exist in Egypt; they change lives
How Egypt celebrates 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Tadween aims to investigate reasons of increased harassment crimes, identify perpetrator motives behind these delinquencies
Why world launches 16 days of activism against gender-based violence as of 25 November
43% of women in Egypt were exposed to psychological violence; 32% to physical violence; 12% to sexual violence; 17% to various forms of violence by husbands or fiancés; most common type of violence was physical violence from husband: CAPMAS
Opinion: Violence against women is a universal problem
From the stands to the streets: What does Chemnitz violence have to do with football?
New round of violence between Gaza, Israel amid efforts to reach ceasefire
Amid efforts to reach a ceasefire to end hostilities, Gaza factions launched dozens of rockets into southern Israel, which responded by carrying out scores of air strikes into the strip. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that three Palestinians have been killed: a pregnant woman, a toddler and a Hamas militant and six others were wounded …
The world has become more accepting of violence: former foreign minister
Dream of Ottoman caliphate is one of reasons why Turkey entered Syrian territory
Trial begins for 21 defendants over Atfeeh sectarian violence
Angry mob attacked Coptic citizens in house used for prayer
Deprivation of inheritance is form of violence against women: NCW president
Inheritance law very important as women are victims most vulnerable to this crime, says Sakina Fouad
Facts about International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
About 750 million females married before 18th birthday in 2017, says UNICEF
The world continues to economically suffer from violence: IEP
The economic impact of violence on the global economy in 2016 amounted to $14.3tr
55 defendants sentenced to 15 years in violence related case
The court fined all the accused with a total amount of EGP 340,000
Ultraconservative Islamist party starts initiative to stop violence in Sinai
The initiative proposes ending both militant and security-led attacks
Consumer Protection Agency prevents campaign promoting violence against women
The campaign originally aimed to share female stories of success and breaking social taboos, yet their teaser ads caused a wave of criticism
Grindel: Germany needs ‘fundamental debate’ on football violence
Giza Criminal Court hands death penalty to 2 members of Al-Warraq terrorist cell
The court also sentenced two other members to five years in prison and acquitted one defendant
Nine people arrested in Alexandria on charges of forming a terrorist cell
The Interior Ministry claims the suspects are affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood
Police arrest 20 from Sohag village following protest over recent kidnappings
The protest was dispersed by force, while residents of the village insist they were trying to draw attention to the kidnapping
Violence against women: hesitant legislatures and societal obstacles
The world is celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women through the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. Just a week ago, 15-year-old Reem Magdy, Egypt’s wrestling world champion, left this world after her father beat her, pushing her to jump out of a fast-moving car and die on …
Prisoners continue to die in detention centres as Interior Ministry inaugurates ‘mobile police station’
In the last four days, three prisoners have died in detention amid silence from the ministry and media
The back and forth movement of democracy and violence between Arab countries and the west
Democracy and violence have disparate missions and routes that are not comparable. Yet, this reality should not keep us from admitting that while western countries, led by the United States, have failed to promote the spread of democracy to the Arab World, a small number of Arab terrorists have successfully managed to extend their violent …
Court postpones Facebook, Twitter ban lawsuit
Social media websites incite violence, says lawyer