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Human rights lawyer urges Nigeria to enact law to safeguard religious freedom - Premium Times
An international human rights lawyer, Knox Thames, has urged the Nigerian government to enact legislation to safeguard religious freedom in addition to existing constitutional provisions. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, Mr Thames, a senior visiting expert with the religion and inclusive societies team at the United States Institute of Peace, noted that ensuring religious freedom throughout Nigeria is...
The U.S. Is Missing a Chance to Engage the Muslim World - Foreign Policy
In love, they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. That’s not always the case in diplomacy. For the past six years, the United States has not had a dedicated special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-country international organization whose membership spans the globe. In the...
Genocide and Hazara Persecution in Afghanistan - Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi’s diary tells of her hopes: to see the Eiffel Tower, enjoy pizza in an Italian restaurant, as well as to ride a bike in Kabul and learn to play the guitar. However, being a Hazara girl in Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Marzia’s dreams would be difficult to realize. We will never know what would become of these dreams...
Will Truss's chancellor be her replacement? - POLITICO
Knox Thames and Peter Mandaville have a report out today for the U.S. Institute of Peace, looking at how to embed U.S. commitments to international religious freedom in long-term policymaking. The key global risk is identified as “the rise of authoritarianism and extremism,” requiring “new alliances among rights-respecting...
Remember Afghanistan’s Hazaras - The Diplomat
Analysts at the U.S. Institute of Peace recently highlighted ways to use the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure accountability for atrocity crimes in Afghanistan. The ICC has been investigating war crimes committed after July 2002
Two Month Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - r/WorldNews Reddit Talk
Two Month Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - r/worldnews • recording
7 Years After Islamic State Genocide, Yazidi Survivors Still Seeking Justice - VOA's Extremism Watch
When Lamiya Haji Bashar, 23, was trying to escape Islamic State (IS) captivity, she lost her sight in a landmine explosion that also scarred her face. Bashar was 16 when IS militants rampaged through the Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2014, killing thousands of Yazidi men and...
Religious Freedom in Pakistan - Peace for Asia Podcast
Peace for Asia spoke with Knox Thames, Visiting Expert, United States Institute of Peace on his research on the Ahmedi community in Pakistan. The discussion focuses on the historical, institutional, and societal factors that embattle the minorities in Pakistan...
USIP's Knox Thames on the Israel and Hamas Conflict & The 2020 International Religious Freedom Report - Sirius XM
Knox Thames, visiting expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace with the Middle East and Religion and Inclusive Societies teams, joins Julie Mason to discuss the latest on the Israel and Hamas conflict and Secretary Blinken's 2020 International Religious Freedom Report.
Knox Thames on the Pope's Visit to Iraq - Sirius XM
Knox Thames is a visiting expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace with the Middle East and Religion and Inclusive Societies teams...