Read more about the article MASTERS OF WAR: Leading Viennese Museum Exhibits Ukraine War Images Alongside Goya’s Scenes Of Napoleonic Violence
A picture by photographer Mykhaylo Palinchak showcasing the disasters of the Russian-Ukrainian war, exhibited at the Albertina museum in Austria's capital Vienna. (Mykhaylo Palinchak/Newsflash)
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MASTERS OF WAR: Leading Viennese Museum Exhibits Ukraine War Images Alongside Goya’s Scenes Of Napoleonic Violence

These harrowing photographs documenting the destruction and sorrows caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine are on display at one of Austria’s most popular museums alongside Goya artworks documenting Napoleon's war. Vienna’s Albertina gallery - a tradition-rich museum situated in the heart of the Austrian capital - has presented “The Disasters…

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May 29, 2022
Read more about the article Turkish Climber Marries Noah Ark Mountain To Stage Symbolic Protest Against Violence To Women And Children
Mountaineer Sevgul Eraslan made a symbolic marriage to Mount Ararat to draw attention to violence against women and children in Agri, Turkey on 24th July 2021. (@sevgul_eraslan/Newsflash)
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Turkish Climber Marries Noah Ark Mountain To Stage Symbolic Protest Against Violence To Women And Children

A young Turkish woman has attempted to draw attention to violence against women and children by symbolically ‘marrying’ a famous Biblical mountain, considered the final resting place of Noah’s ark. Sevgul Eraslan, 33, an art teacher who has been mountaineering for four years, carried out the symbolic ceremony at Mount…

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August 3, 2021
Read more about the article Teen Girl Who Campaigned For An End To Violence Against Women Is Stabbed To Death By Boyfriend
Picture shows Gizem Canbulut, 17, who was stabbed to death in the district of Bucak in the south-western Turkish city of Burdur, on 17th March 2021, allegedly by Eren Yildiz, 19. (Newsflash)
Crime

Teen Girl Who Campaigned For An End To Violence Against Women Is Stabbed To Death By Boyfriend

A 17-year-old Turkish feminist who campaigned against the violence often suffered by women in the country has been stabbed to death in a park by her teen boyfriend. The incident took place in the district of Bucak in the south-western Turkish city of Burdur on 17th March. Gizem Canbulut, 17,…

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April 1, 2021
Read more about the article Turkish Channels Slammed After No Women Invited To Discuss Anti-Domestic Violence Treaty Withdrawal
Turkish TV news channel CNN Turk was slammed after failing to invite a single female guest on to discuss Turkeys withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention against violence against women on 20th March 2021. (Newsflash)
Women's rights

Turkish Channels Slammed After No Women Invited To Discuss Anti-Domestic Violence Treaty Withdrawal

A number of Turkish TV channels have come under fire after not a single female guest was invited to speak on Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a human rights treaty against violence against women. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew Turkey from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and…

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March 30, 2021
Read more about the article Villagers Destroy Roads As Only Way to Stop Further Spread Of Cartel Violence
The dug up road. (Newsflash)
Crime

Villagers Destroy Roads As Only Way to Stop Further Spread Of Cartel Violence

Inhabitants of one of Mexico's most cartel infested regions dug trenches in highway sections to prevent members of the notorious and violent Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) from entering. The move was a bid to counteract narco presence by inhabitants of the region who cut the road sections located in…

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December 11, 2020