Essay: Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence
In an article first published on The Conversation, AMELENDU MISRA sounds a warning about the prevalence of mob justice in today’s Mexico…
Mob storms Pakistani police station, lynches man accused of blasphemy
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters A mob in eastern Pakistan stormed a police station on Saturday and lynched a man under custody and accused of blasphemy, police said, in the latest incident of religion-linked violence in the Islamic republic. The country has seen numerous cases of vigilante action by mobs against people accused of blasphemy, one of […]
Man accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan
Multan, PakistanAP An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday. The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to […]
“Ashamed”: Pakistan grapples with fallout from mob killing
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters A shocking and deadly mob attack on a Sri Lankan factory manager accused of blasphemy in eastern Pakistan last week prompted days of soul searching as the man’s remains were flown to his home country. The violence, which was condemned by rights watchdogs including Amnesty International, also drew intense responses from politicians, […]
ESSAY: LEARNING RESISTANCE AND COURAGE FROM IDA B WELLS
In an article adapted from her latest book, CATHERINE MEEKS looks at the legacy of US anti-lynching activist and journalist Ida B Wells…
US SLAVERY ANNIVERSARY: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, CHURCHES PART OF CITY’S 200 YEAR HISTORY OF SLAVERY, CIVIL RIGHTS
As the US marks 400 years since the arrival of the first African slaves in Jamestown, Virginia, ADELLE M BANKS reports from Alabama’s capital on the city’s historic connections with slavery – and the modern civil rights movement…
ESSAY: LYNCHING MEMORIAL SHOWS WOMEN WERE VICTIMS, TOO
US academic EVELYN M SIMIEN, in an article first published on The Conversation, expresses hope a new memorial to the victims of lynching in America will shine new light on all victims, including women…
Thirteen men sentenced in Pakistan for lynching Christian couple in 2014
World Watch Monitor (with DAVID ADAMS) An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday sentenced five men to death for the murder of a Christian couple who were burned alive in November 2014 for setting fire to some pages from a Qur’an. A mob of about 600 people beat to near-death Shahzad Masih, 26, and his five-months-pregnant […]