One dark night, fired with love’s urgent longings — ah, the sheer grace! — I went out unseen, my house being now all stilled. In darkness, and secure, by the secret ladder, disguised, — ah, the sheer grace! — in…
Tag: human rights
Women and Crime
Men’s relish for bloody war cinematography is considered ordinary, while women’sinterest in a genre that recounts and examines a true crime story is deemed peculiar. Indeed, Itis hard for many to believe that soft-hearted females can enjoy a genre so…
#BoycottQatar2022
At the end of 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that Qatar would become the host country of the 2022 World Cup, with that decision becoming the first Arab nation to host the great world soccer tournament. The State of…
الديكتاتورية العقائدية… ضرب لليبرالية النظام اللبناني – كمال دمج
لَعِبتْ تعددية المجتمع اللبناني الدينية والثقافية، وموقعه الوسطي المنفتح على مختلف الحضارات، وتعرضه التاريخي للعديد من الإستعمارات، دوراً هاماً في جعله أول المجتمعات العربية التي تُخرِج الحرية من دائرة المطالب أو الحقوق المكتسبة التي يمنن بها أولياء السلطة وأصحاب القوّة…
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Why Digital Privacy Is a Gender Issue
The fight for gender equality is far from over. In the U.S., the overturning of Roe v. Wade — protecting the right to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy — has undermined women’s basic right to healthcare. In…
Human Rights Violations during the War in Ukraine
Our names are Oleksandr Shchelkunov and Mykola Hubarenko. We are members of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine. Hubarenko Mykola in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Oleksandr Shchelkunov in the Department for the Protection of Human Rights. The main…
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لبنان بين اللّيباراليّة.. وعهد القمع
لطالما كان لبنان بلداً للحريّات. حرّية الرأّي، التّعبير، السياسة، الدين. لطالما كان تصنيفه بحسب التّصنيف العالمي لحرية الصحافة من الأفضل على صعيد البلاد العربيّة.ولكن ومع دخول لبنان عهد الرّئيس ميشال عون، تراجعنا، انهار الوضع، وأصبحت حرّيتنا مقيّدة. ففي عام 2022، …
IFLRY Abandons Festival in North Korea
Now I know what you’re thinking: why didn’t I hear anything about IFLRY wanting to join a festival in North Korea?! Well, that’s because this happened quite a while ago. If you’re currently active in IFLRY probably before you were…
Western Media Coverage and the Ukrainian Invasion
The Russo-Ukrainian war is a conflict that has been going on since 2014, beginning with the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an uprisal of Russian separatists in the Donbas-region. At that time, international media corporations wrote about the…
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Bolivia and the Institutions
Bolivia had an institutional change when the referendum and subsequent implementation of the new Political Constitution of the State were held where it became known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia; the change of CPE promised to be the answer…