IFLRY Online is IFLRY’s new initiative to allow liberals from all over the world to interact with each other more online. In that spirit, IFLRY Vice President Nickolas Pagonakis is organising regular online seminars, in which different people in the…
Category: Human Rights
The Lack of Young People’s Representation Is a Problem For Democracy
A prerequisite for democracy is the freedom of speech and expression. Even though this is widely acknowledged, we sometimes forget the whole picture. The representation of all groups in a society is not only important for the conversation climate and…
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What the Lee Family Dispute Says About Singapore’s Politics
Singapore has been hit by political scandal. Yes, that clean, quiet, stable, protest-free city state; the one that’s supposedly good for business because there’s no political unrest and no independent trade unions. That Singapore. Yet, if you listened to the…
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If You Were Catalan..?
While travelling abroad and attending international events, I’ve encountered a range of different views about the Catalan independence process. Many are well-informed and sympathetic, however a few compare Catalonia’s with other struggles for independence – that may seem similar at…
Why Do We Need Pride?
In our generation pride parades are considered by some people to be a capitalistic celebration, as it is all about drinks, branded underwear, rainbow products and “dirty” corporate sponsors. For some other people there is no need to organize pride…
IFLRY Study Session on Youth and Migration
The study session on ‘youth and migration’ organized by the International Federation of Liberal Youth and the Council of Europe commenced on 15th May and ended on 19th May in Strasbourg, France. During the week, the participants were given an…
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court Rules in Favour of Gay Marriage
以下請見中文版 Two days ago, the constitutional court of Taiwan, the Judicial Yuan, ruled that the same-sex couples should have the right to get married – making Taiwan potentially the first country in Asia to legalise gay marriage. The court ruled that a stipulation…
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Africa Liberal Youth at the #ALNGA
This week, the executive committee of the African Liberal Youth (ALY) met for the first time ever, in Nairobi, Kenya. The committee, which was elected earlier this year, will define and start the important work of providing a voice for…
My Time at the Council of Europe
Besides the European Union, there is another European organization with a very similar name: the Council of Europe. This organization has more members than the EU – including for example Russia and Turkey, but its purpose is more narrowly defined.…
Blasphemy Laws: a Liberal’s Point of View
I assume many of the world’s liberals originate from secular countries, where Blasphemy laws have become a thing of the past. However in countries like Pakistan, these laws still exist to date. People can give their judgement about these laws,…