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  Why Should We Be Concerned About the China-India Border Conflict Long-standing border tensions risk dangerous escalation as rivalry between these nuclear powers heats up. The conflict between Chinese and Indian troops over the two nations' 2,100-mile-long contentious border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in December 2022, demonstrates a concerning "one step forward, two steps back" tendency. This brawl was the bloodiest in the Galwan Valley since 2020, when violence killed 20 Indian and at least four Chinese soldiers. Although these skirmishes are frequently followed by talks and other measures to alleviate tensions, both parties have militarised their border policy and show no signs of relenting. And the border situation remains tight, with Beijing and New Delhi reinforcing their postures on either side of the LAC, raising the prospect of an escalation between the two nuclear-armed countries. On June 12, 2009, Indian soldiers are spotted in Tawang Va
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Iraq struck with a new pandemic: domestic violence

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"More morphine!" screamed Malak's mother, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalized after a marital fight, leaving her badly burned — the latest victim of domestic abuse aggravated by Iraq's isolation.
Since mid-March, the nationwide lockdown is intended to keep coronavirus cases down in the country, but has led to a spike in another sad statistic: domestic violence.
Iraq's community police chief, Brigadier General Ghalib Atiyah, told AFP that his domestic violence cases have risen by an average of 30% since the curfew came into effect — with some places seeing as much as a 50% spike.
The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) announced in a single week: "A woman's rape with special needs, spousal assault, immolation and self-immolation, as well as self-inflicted injuries caused by spousal violence, sexual exploitation of children, and suicide ...
A 58-year-old doctor killed his wife in Wasit's southern province after refusing to let him sell land she owned, according to human rights lawyer Sajjad Hussein. North in Samarra, video of a 10-year-old girl in tears, ...
"I don't want to see my father anymore, he hits me everyday," says the boy, identified as Saba. "He asks us to 'educate us," says her mother, divorced. But Malak al-Zubeidi's case produced waves. Eight months ago, the kids ...
Eight months ago, the young woman in Najaf's shrine city married a policeman who sexually abused her and barred her from seeing her relatives, Malak's mother told Human Rights Watch. He beat Malak so badly on April 8 that she ...
Her swollen, burnt face video and pained wails in the hospital went viral, but public attention could not save her: the young woman died 10 days later. "All Malak wanted to see her children," said Hana Edwar, a longtime righteous woman ...
Her NGO, Amal (hope in Arabic), during curfew reported a "dramatic" increase in domestic violence incidents, she told AFP. "Everyone spends long time together inside the home. The most trivial thing can turn into a controversy ...
There, many girls are married at a young age and subject to domestic abuse. According to the UN, 46 percent of married women in Iraq have suffered some form of domestic violence, a third reporting physical and sexual harassment. You hav ...
They have few paths for help. A recent International Organization for Migration survey found that 85% of Iraqi men would bar female relatives from filing a police report. And 75% of respondents acknowledged
Due to the curfew, Atiyah told AFP, the community police have work to do to remove the tabou but can not enter communities through their normal city halls. There are very few shelters available for victims, so it seems
Article 41 of Iraq's penal code grants men the right to "punish" their wives and children "within the bounds of law and customs," a provision also used to dismiss cases brought against relatives. Many misconduct allegations in tribal courts,
After Malak's public outcry, three of her male relatives were slapped with six-month prison sentences for "failing to support anyone in danger." Activists have long forced Iraq's parliament to enact a more comprehensive law on domestic violence,
After Malak's public uproar, three of her male relatives were slapped with six-month prison sentences for "failing to help anyone in danger." Activists have long lobbied Iraq's parliament to enact a tougher law on domestic violence
Activists have long urged Iraq's parliament to enact a more comprehensive domestic violence legislation to help protect victims and discourage future perpetrators.

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