Pakistan is the 5th most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change, according to independent think-tank Germanwatch. As the temperature rises, all parts of Pakistan are seeing the affects taking place in real time. The glaciers…
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Princess Mako of Akishino, the niece of the empror of Japan, recently married a non-royal. This is an event that caused uproar in Japan as the person she married, Kei Komuro, is not considered a good match for the princess…
Continue reading The Real Life Japanese Fairytale Marred by Controversy
Russia’s Duma (lower chamber of the parliament) election has been neither free, nor open. The ruling “United Russia” has allegedly won a constitutional majority, enabling the regime of President Putin to formally legalize any of its decisions. The brutal oppression…
Continue reading The Bitter-Sweet Election Victory of Putin’s “United Russia”
Taiwan has been on the news pretty much continuously since the start of October. The country celebrated its national day on the 10th, which angered China because what wouldn’t anger China these days. Every time Taiwan acts like a country…
On the International Day of the Girl Child, we would like to draw attention to the lives of Afghan women and girls under the Taliban regime. The Taliban have once again seized control of the Afghan government, replacing the one…
Continue reading What is Happening to the Rights of Women and Girls in Afghanistan?
September saw many interesting elections around the world. In many places our liberal brethren made substantial gains or at least managed to shield themselves from losing seats. I’ll go through some of the global elections and give a fairly overall…
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As a blogger and a young student, I have seen the civic spaces within Pakistan evolve over the past decade especially because of the reemergence of democracy after a decade long military dictatorship. Also, with the expansion of social media…
The capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, was overrun by the Taliban on the 15th of August 2021. However, to the surprise of many, there was very little to no resistance. The Afghan National Army did not put up much of…
IFLRY’s Istanbul boot camp, titled “Taking Ideas to the Streets”, from 1-4 July was IFLRY’s first in-person event after an entire year of online webinars, mainly due to the rising threat of the COVID19 pandemic. Therefore, there was a lot…
This article is part of a two-part interview regarding the situation in East Turkestan, a region in the People’s Republic of China that is home to several minorities, predominantly Uyghurs, who are suffering from severe represessions by the Chinese government.…
Continue reading Interview with Koen Stoop from the World Uyghur Congress – Part 2
