Isobel Van Hagen

The Bangladeshi government recently passed a law described by Human Rights Watch as a “devastating step backward," that would allow child marriage to occur under “special circumstances." The law still requires the approval of Bangladesh's…
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In Majority-Buddhist Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslim minority, comprising of roughly one-million people, reside mainly in the Rakhine State on the country’s west coast. Myanmar has a long history of the repression and persecution of the…
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A British tourist was recently arrested in Dubai on the charges of extramarital sex, after she reported to authorities that two British nationals had raped her in a hotel room. A statement from the Dubai government said reports given by the…
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In the midst of the European refugee crisis, informal refugee camps should be shut down due to the laxness and negligence that produces unfit living situations as well as a multitude of health and safety related problems; one of the…
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Warning: this piece will reference racism, rape, and general violence. What is it about fear in politics that is so powerful? So prevailing? So potent? Its pervasiveness is derived from the appeal to fear, often times putting the control…
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