The #InsideOut Fashion Revolution

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Turning my clothes inside out and travelling from one side of London to the other — Fashion Revolution Day has arrived. Selfies on instagram and tweets of our clothing (#Insideout) have taken over all across the world. Bangladesh, China, Swaziland and Brazil are just a few of the countries partaking in the day of activism tabbed under a day for Revolution. Generations of consumers are asking ‘Who made our clothes?’ — re-connecting the thread all of our clothes travel, by re-engaging us with are garments and the labels that sit on their backs.

I remember two years ago today when news emerged of the deadly collapse of Rana Plaza, a collapse which drew the world’s attention reminding us that there are real people behind our clothing, real people with real families, who all felt their loss.

The grounds upon which the eight story commercial building collapsed were swampy and the cracks on its walls were large. Garment workers were forced to go back to work knowing that this building was unsafe. But this is the world of garment workers, the result of greed, corruption, injustice and rampant consumerism and to those working in the industry, the collapse wasn’t a surprise.

A List Of All 61 Journalists Killed In 2014

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Internationally, many journalists are killed all each year while gathering the news for us.

Two major organizations keep track of their deaths: the Committee To Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders. Both organizations have specific criteria governing the investigation and confirmation—as well as establishing motive—for each killing, including whether it occurred because of the journalistic activities of those killed. Both report their results annually.

In its annual report for 2014, the Committee to Protect Journalists, based in New York, identified 61 journalists whose deaths met their rigorous criteria. What follows is a brief summary, in chronological order, for each of those 61 journalists, with links to CPJ’s complete descriptions.

Fury At Prison Death Of Ghulam Azam

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Professor Ghulam Azam, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh died in a prison hospital last Thursday. His family and lawyer who had been campaigning for the unwell 91-year-old to be allowed home are outraged at the conditions in which he died.

Azam’s funeral took place on Saturday, in Dhaka, with hundreds of thousands of mourners paying their respects. Separate memorials were held in cities across the world, with prominent scholars including Yusuf al-Qaradawi leading prayers for the figurehead.

A major figure both inside and outside Bangladesh, Azam was the leader of one of the most prominent Islamic parties internationally. He began his rise to prominence at a young age as an active and inspirational figure in political and religious circles. He was at the head of Jamaat-e-Islami from 1969 to 2000, founding the Bangladeshi wing of the influential party. Born and educated in Dhaka, he read political science at university and held a prominent voice across the Muslim world as a religious thinker and author, writing over 100 works.

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