Malala Yousafzai, a 14 year old female, was flown to Birmingham for treatment after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, in Pakistan. Taliban spokesperson Ehsan Ullah Ehsan has confirmed responsibility over the shooting and stated that they attacked Malala because she was anti-Taliban and secular.

This deplorable incident has attracted global condemnation and has also highlighted disturbing realities, that goes beyond the religious political conflict in Pakistan. Malala’s shooting raises concerns about a young person's right to education and in particular a female's right to education.

Rio’s shantytowns, or favelas as they are more commonly known are home to millions. It is home to almost ten times as many inhabitants as Dharavi and Soweto combined, and according to some estimates almost 25% of the city’s population live in over 1000 favelas, several of which have been awarded UNESCO world heritage site status. Morro da Providência is Rio’s first and oldest favela, inhabited for over 100 years it is the birthplace of the samba schools that carnival is so famous for and yet Olympic construction projects are threatening its future. Although the city claims that investments will benefit residents, 30%of the community’s population has already been marked for removal and the only public consultations held were to warn residents of their fate. Homes are spray-painted during the day with the initials for the municipal housing secretary and an identifying number. Residents return from work to learn that their homes will be demolished, with no warning of what’s to come, or when.

Our partners at Sezim have been providing essential support and care to several victims of Ala Kachuu. Sezim was created in 1998 and at the time the issues of domestic violence, let alone Ala Kachuu, were rarely discussed at governmental or public level. The women’s advocacy group and staff of the first shelter in Central Asia, Umyt, formed a new independent non-governmental organisation, the Crisis Psychological Centre for Women and Famil- Sezim. Sezim provides rehabilitation and reintegration aid to women and children suffering as a result of gender based violence, domestic violence and human trafficking. The centre actively collaborates with governmental authorities as well as other international organisations supporting their mission. The centre has significant experience in the fields of gender rights, domestic violence, and human trafficking advocacy and Restless Beings has been closely working with them to support the victims of bride kidnapping.

Restless Beings have been working with the stateless Rohingya community of Burma, since May 2010 to voice their struggles and work together towards a future free from oppression and marginalisation.

Through unfortunate circumstances, it was through the eruption of violence in Arakan in May 2012 that instigated a spotlight to be shone on the Rohingya struggles. Restless Beings, after receiving disturbing and unimaginable on the ground reports, believed atrocities akin to genocide, ethnic cleansing and xenophobia were occurring, yet we were criticised for using such terms. However, as more reports of international organisations are published, their results show exactly this kind of violence and now; more people worldwide are beginning to see the true ugliness revealed.

Reports emerged overnight over a new wave of attacks on Aung Mingla village of Sittwe in Burma.  The Rohingya majority village was first surveilled by army and then later surrounded by a large gathering of Rakhine community leaders and monks at around 2pm on Friday 28th Septmeber.

Our sources first reported of minor scuffles and arguments at around 4pm (GMT) on Friday and these...

Since the outbreak of violence in Arakan in June erlier this year, Restless Beings has been working tirelessly with media agencies across the world to try and get the accounts of brutal human rights violations and gross violence used against the Rohingya in Burma.

Having managed to facilitate exclusive reports for Channel 4 and for Al Jazeera and having worked alongside the likes of...

Despite recent news of the violence in Arakan easing, danger continues to loom over the lives of the Rohingya.  Exclusive updates from our sources in Arakan have revealed the bleak situation, showing little prospect of improvement, a summer of the worlds attention and campaigning being in vain. Our sources disclosed to us that the authorities continue to arrest, loot, torture and kill.

This summer has seen a systematic sweep of terror against the Rohingya surfacing deep rooted marginsalisation and racism against the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, in Myanmar or Burma. Living as a stateless community, they have struggled in silence as the Burmese state continue to prohibit their freedom to live as citizens; without education, having to ask state permission to marry and procreate and access to travel freely.