Women's Rights in Afghanistan: An Uphill Battle for Equality and Freedom
‘Nightmare,’ published August 9, as the Taliban rapidly took control of a large part of Afghanistan. Photo: Twitter@ShamsiaHassani ‘When...
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Evelyne Banza
Feb 15, 20232 min read
MELILLA: The tragedy that needs and deserves more attention
On June 24th 2022, approximately two thousand people tried to enter Spain by climbing the high chain-link fences surrounding Melilla, one...
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Charlotte Tamigneaux-Weerts
Jan 18, 20232 min read
HOW THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS GETTING RID OF THE ONES WHO DARE TO SPEAK UP
Following the murder of a young woman by the morality police in Iran last September, thousands of Iranian citizens, outraged, have been...
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Sarah Savouret
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Unprecedented Nationwide Protests in China against 'Zero-Covid' Policy
“Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” “Need human rights, need freedom!” “Don’t want Covid test, want freedom!”; these are...
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Léa Grandemange
Oct 17, 20223 min read
CALAIS CRISIS - TO BE CONTINUED...
What Was Between January 2015 and October 2016, a refugee encampment was established around the French city of Calais, near the Channel...
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Canan Ersoy
Oct 17, 20223 min read
UKRAINE INVASION LED BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
In the early morning of 24th February, Russian President Putin declared war against Ukraine and warned of “consequences that have never...
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Léa Grandemange
Oct 17, 20222 min read
LET’S ALSO REMEMBER ABOUT YEMEN
WHAT IS GOING ON IN YEMEN? The contemporary situation is complex in itself, and the roots of the conflict would require an entire history...
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Canan Ersoy
Oct 17, 20223 min read
CHINA, WINTER OLYMPICS 2022 AND “SPORTS WASHING”
The Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing began last week on February 4th. The Chinese capital welcomed athletes and officials from all across...
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Line-Marie Eichhorst
Oct 17, 20222 min read
20 YEARS GUANTÁNAMO
January 2022 marks 20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay, which became a worldwide symbol of human rights abuses by the US...
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Ayça Zehra Karababa
Oct 17, 20223 min read
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE GREECE-TURKEY BORDER?
The Turkey-Greece border has been a frequently used route for refugees who want to cross from the Middle East to Europe for many years....
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Helena Parise Sanvicente
Oct 17, 20222 min read
SAFE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD NOT COST LIVES.
It is a grim beginning of 2022 for Philadelphia and New York City, as two deadly fires have already shocked and traumatized the people of...
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China’s progress is there for all to see, yet there are areas in which China is not only not progressing but rather receding. Indeed, China
Oct 17, 20223 min read
DOUBLE-SIDED PROGRESS: CHINA AND THE NEGLIGENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
China’s progress is there for all to see, yet there are areas in which China is not only not progressing but rather receding. Indeed,...
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Anne Lucas
Oct 17, 20223 min read
HOW THE ENERGY CRISES IN TAJIKISTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN IMPACT HUMAN RIGHTS
While there is no direct human right to electricity, access to functioning and consistent electricity is interlinked with various human...
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Helena Parise Sanvicente
Oct 17, 20224 min read
2021, WRAPPED
2021 was another tumultuous year. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the effects of inequality, war, and injustice have all but...
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Ayça Zehra Karababa
Oct 17, 20222 min read
INJUSTICE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY IN TURKEY
In Turkey, the legally protected rights of judges and prosecutors are being unlawfully violated. After the coup attempt on 15 July 2016,...
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Ekaterina Zemskova
Oct 17, 20222 min read
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN POLAND
Human rights are one of the inviolable things that modern society strives to protect. But reproductive rights, which include the right to...
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Canan Ersoy
Oct 17, 20222 min read
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CELEBRATED WITH TEAR GAS IN TURKEY
ORANGE THE WORLD Under the worldwide theme “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”, the 16 Days of Activism against...
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Léa Grandemange
Oct 17, 20222 min read
THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
CURRENT SITUATION For a couple of months now, refugees have been stuck at the border zone between Belarus and Poland. The exact number of...
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