“How can the state can defend the rape, beating and killing of the very people it is meant to protect?”Read the full article
The surge in drug use and deaths due to overdose, as well as the proliferation of drug trafficking and human rights violations all point to the failure of the UN’s drug control policies, according to specialists and human rights groups.Read the full article
“During the Soviet Union, the authorities were afraid of bad publicity. But now they’ve got nothing to lose.”Read the full article
The LGBTQI community in Tunisia, although still facing imprisonment, beatings and insults, is organising and slowly making headway with the cause of sexual minorities.Read the full article
Over the years, Zanu-PF has repeatedly undermined any attempts by trade unions to advocate for workers, doing everything from under-resourcing the Ministry of Labour to using state security agents to brutally suppress the work of trade [...]Read the full article
“Meek Mill’s case is about more than one man and one bad judge. It’s representative of a much larger pattern of black and brown people whose first unjust interaction with police results in being at the mercy of the courts and parole officers for [...]Read the full article
“Kazakhstan has a very poor record upholding the principle of non-refoulement and Sayragul’s case is a welcome departure from that record.”Read the full article
Everyone in Phnom Penh remembers the last general elections. The excitement, the mass rallies, the protests, the promises of change and the frenetic activity on social media. Perhaps that is why the silence now, in the run-up to 29 July elections, feels all the more [...]Read the full article
“What is done to the least of us, and how we treat the marginalised, reflects how humane we are as a country.”Read the full article
In March, the United Nations published a report based on the testimonies of 454 survivors and witnesses of the gender-based violence perpetrated largely by the Assad regime and, to a lesser extent, by opposition groups and IS. The challenge now lies in providing psychological support for the [...]Read the full article
“Iran likes to portray itself as a theocratic democracy, run according to Islamic principles. In reality, it is a kleptocracy, where the people in power use their authority to steal from working people.”Read the full article
The Honduras marked by resistance, suffering and poverty has taken to the streets. The discontent has given rise to 71 mass demonstrations and 31 officially recorded deaths. The other Honduras, the institutionalised ruling elite, took office on 27 January. The differences between the two camps [...]Read the full article
