This January and February marks 5 years since the beginning of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Syria against brutal dictatorships. Hopes were ignited amongst some that replacing tyrants with secular democracies would establish dignity for the people and create just and prosperous societies.

On 20th November, Chinese authorities acknowledged they had killed 28 people suspected of involvement in an attack on a coal mine in the country’s western frontier province of Xinjiang in September. Those killed were from the Muslim Uyghur population and included 4 women and 3 children (a 9 year old girl, a 6 year old boy, and a 1 year old boy).

Since the occupation of the Jews over the Blessed Land of Palestine, they have pursued a policy of repression, murder, and humiliation against the people of Palestine, and their black history is full of hatred, animosity, and massacres which are all too known. They killed and imprisoned and tortured thousands and even tens of thousands. Women and children were not spared

This September marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PFA) on women's empowerment and rights. It was the product of the 4th World Conference on Women held in China in 1995, which was attended by 17,000 participants and 30,000 activists. The Beijing Declaration and PFA was an extensive 400-point document adopted by 189 states,