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	Alhaja and the politics of the poor in Nigeria by Ovi Magazine Guest We will call her Alhaja. Where titles, religious or customary are widely recognized, even idolized, names disappear. She earned the title because she travelled to Mecca on pilgrimage...
	H.G. Wells and Human Rights by Rene Wadlow 2023 will see a year-long effort leading to 10 December 2023, the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The effort carries the title "Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All".
	Talking About Nigeria, Past, and Present by Ovi Magazine Guest The security situation in Nigeria today is so appalling to such an extent that everywhere at any place no single individual can boast of being safe.

	Australia Contemplates a new Parliamentary 'Voice' - But it may have a dark side by Murray Hunter One of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's primary election promises last year was to hold a referendum on the question of establishing an "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander's Voice" within...
	Medical Bodies Send Further Help to Besieged People of Ukraine by Ovi Magazine Guest Further help for the besieged people of Ukraine has been delivered this week by the World Medical Association and other medical bodies in the Ukraine Medical Help Fund.
	When Good Refugees Turn Bad by Dr. Binoy Kampmark When the first Russian forces began entering Ukrainian territory in February 2022, the instant reaction from Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia, was one of open commitment to Ukraine's refugees.
	Nigeria: where are the heroes and heroines by Ovi Magazine Guest There has to be a nation before we can point to the heroes and heroines of that nation, those who created values that define it.
	U.N. Human Rights Rapporteurs Concerned by Rape, Forced Conversion and Marriage to Rapists in Pakistan by Rene Wadlow The Human Rights Council, building on the earlier practice of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, has a number of Special Rapporteurs devoted to certain themes - usually specific violations of human rights - or to specific countries.
	A Picture of Global Complicity: Aiding Myanmar's Military Regime by Dr. Binoy Kampmark International relations remains the sum game of vast hypocrisies, a patchwork of compromises and the compromised. Every moral condemnation of a regime's conduct is bound to be shown up as an exercise in double standards...
	Will the 2024 elections in Bangladesh be any different? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui The 5-year long tenure of the current (11th) JatiyaSangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh is scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024. General elections are, thus, expected to be held in January 2024.
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