Focus on Illegal Organ Trade: China
In China not only is selling organs in the black market has been an easy way of making profit, but the illegal use of organ transplants goes all the way up to the Chinese government.
Read MoreIn China not only is selling organs in the black market has been an easy way of making profit, but the illegal use of organ transplants goes all the way up to the Chinese government.
Read MoreWhile major developed countries still debate the existence of climate change and even disapprove of the climate treaty, others are taking action, especially developing countries like Brazil.
Read MoreThe clashes between rival gangs are not exclusive to these impoverished areas. Earlier this year, 56 people were killed in a prison in Manaus as a result of a violent jail riot in Brazil.
Read Morehe Trump administration placed sanctions on Iran on February 3 as retaliation to the ballistic missile test performed by Tehran on January 29. The sanctions by the United States targeted 25 Iranians who assisted in the development of the ballistic missile program in Iran.
Read MoreLatin America is notorious for its gangs and violence, but more deplorable is the state of its prisons. Starting in the 1990s, human rights groups began monitoring the prison conditions in Latin America and found gruesome details.
Read MoreArt is the newest yet perhaps the most effective form of raising awareness of the global problem of climate change. As Xiuhtezcatl Martinez told BBC, “Be a poet, be an activist, be a writer, be a photographer, whatever it is you love. Use your passions to change the world.”
Read MoreThe protests also called for elections and demanded the exit of the interim president, Michel Temer, Rousseff’s former vice president and a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, whose ascension to the presidency is seen as a coup by protesters.
Read MoreBesides the exhausting preparation for the Olympics, the members of the ROT faced additional challenges when fleeing from their home countries and living as refugees.
Read MoreThe 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on September 13, continuing a tradition of the international organization that has taken place every fall since 1946.
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