Day: March 17, 2019

Worldwide Climate Strike: The Movement Of Our Youth

Each Friday, young people around the world fight to bring the ongoing effort to combat climate change to international attention. Students belonging to the Climate Strike movement commence an eleven-minute protest at 11:11 a.m. every week, marching and demonstrating in places of public governance such as the United Nations Secretariat

David Smith Jr. March 17, 2019

Capital Punishment Roughly Halved Following 2018 Iran Drug Law Reform

Drug offence executions in Iran have been approximately halved in 2018 following historic drug law reforms. According to Human Rights Watch and Harm Reduction International, approximately 225 individuals had been executed in 2018, 91 of whom possessed drug offences, whereas in 2017, these executions numbered 507 and 288 respectively. In

Isabelle Aboaf March 17, 2019