Find out more about the Vremya Movement. Election campaigns in Putin’s Russia have never been distinguished by much honesty and freedom of choice. But the toughness of the authorities in relation to opposition candidates in the current electoral cycle literally…
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On April 14, 2021, President of the United States Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the endless war in Afghanistan. Former president Donald Trump had already begun the process of withdrawing troops under an agreement reached with…
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…
for English, see below Últimamente el país cubano ha salido a la calle en forma de protesta por la situación económica y social tan difícil que están pasando. Este artículo tiene los objetivos de explicar las razones de las protestas,…
Continue reading La Vía Hacia la Miseria: una Mirada a través de las Protestas en Cuba
New York City — the largest city in the United States, a global city if there ever was one, and home to over 8 million people — recently held its primary elections for municipal government. The general election is still…
Continue reading NYC Mayoral Primaries: Adams Won, New York Lost
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 dedicated to Representative John Lewis and all those who fought and are still fighting for democracy. Hello everyone! For those of you who read it and for those of you yet to read it, my last article…
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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
Oceania is a region of many cultures, nations, languages and not so much cover on this platform. This is partly because IFLRY doesn’t have any members organisations there but also because the region consists of only small countries, with the…
Two articles brought my attention to what is happening in the Chinese province of East Turkistan (widely referred to as Xinjiang) in the past few months, although it is not an entirely new issue. The first was published in The…
Continue reading Interview with Koen Stoop from the World Uyghur Congress – Part 1
