‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue

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‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue

At the end of April, Fariza Dzhobirova attended a Model United Nations Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, where she represented Switzerland. For Ms. Dzhobirova, it was a rehearsal of sorts for the actual High-level Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation which began on Thursday in Dushanbe. There, she will serve as a panel member representing […]

‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea

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‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea

When they eventually did, her mother said to her, “If you are going to die anyway, better to be shot crossing the two-mile border than starve here.” Shortly thereafter they fled from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea. Ms. Kim gave testimony to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday […]