human rights

Timor-Leste’s Firm Stance on Myanmar Driven by Values

posted on October 5, 2023 by SOE KO KO AUNG

School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University Tagged With: democracy, human rights, Values

Photo 1: Source by Myanmar's military placed heavy restrictions on the internet ahead of the protests (BBC News) Timor-Leste's Support for Fairness and Human Rights in Myanmar's …

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Hong Kong, mass protests and their fight against autocratization

posted on January 4, 2023 by Eva Luna Rijntjes

Sabanci University Tagged With: british colony, china, COVID-19, democratic backsliding, Democratic Erosion, HongKong, hongkongprotests, human rights, mass mobilization, mass protests, one country two systems, People's Republic of China, protests, student activism, student protests, umbrellamovement, vote-rigging

In Hong Kong, an unusual kind of protesting started in 2014. Marked by singing and yellow umbrellas, quickly the young students that represented Hong Kong’s peaceful resilience against the growing …

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La Guerra Contra Las Pandillas Asegura El Lugar Del Autoritario Presidente Bukele En Los Corazónes Salvadoreño (The War Against the Gangs Secures the Authoritarian President Bukele’s Place in the Hearts of the Salvadorans)

posted on October 16, 2022 by Natalie Asitimbay

Boston University Tagged With: authoritarian, democratic backsliding, El Salvador, elections, Gangs, human rights, Latin America, populism, Presidente Bukele, term limits

Salvadorean presidential candidate Nayib Bukele, of the Great National Alliance (GANA), speaks during the closing rally of his campaign in San Salvador, on January 26, 2019 ahead of the first round of …

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U.S. Prisons’ Overcrowding Pandemic Failures

posted on October 12, 2022 by Julia Gold

SUNY-Binghamton Tagged With: America, COVID-19, death rate, human rights, Incarceration, incarceration rate, jails, overcrowding, pandemic, prison industrial complex, prison overcrowding, prisoners rights, prisons, United States, US, USA

The issue of prison system failures that stem from pandemic regulations (or lack thereof) is a pervasive one across the globe. While pre-pandemic systems were already fraught with rampant human rights …

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Argentine Populism and Its Threat to Liberal Democracy: What Executive Manipulation of Human Rights Can Tell Us about the Health of Argentine Civil Society

posted on July 25, 2022 by Alexandra Rego

Dartmouth College Tagged With: Argentina, Civil society, human rights, latin am, liberal democracy, populism

For nearly a century, Argentina has faced off with a unique brand of populism. Argentine populism, while originally celebrated for its mobilization of genuine people power, today poses a threat to …

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The United States Must Be Cautious of China’s Influence on the World Stage

posted on April 24, 2022 by Harry Murphy

Suffolk University Tagged With: china, democracy, Democratic Erosion, Environment, human rights, Muslim, United Nations, United States

Over the course of recent world history, few countries have grown quite like China, from an economic, influential and a geopolitical standpoint. However, such a change does not happen overnight. Over …

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Erdogan Rejects the Council of Europe, ECHR Decision on Long-term Detainee

posted on February 5, 2022 by Maymuna Elmi

University of Chicago Tagged With: Council of Europe, Erdogan, European Court of Human Rights, human rights

On February 3rd, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a statement against the decision to refer philanthropist Osman Kavala’s case back to a European court, declaring that Turkey will not respect the …

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A Wall to Divide Hispaniola Once and For All

posted on January 18, 2022 by MVIRGILI21@KU.EDU.TR

Koç University Tagged With: Democratic Erosion, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Haitianidad, human rights, Immigration, Latin America, Wall

The Dominican Republic, through the voice of its current president, Luis Abinader, has announced the construction of a wall to permanently separate the 380 km border with Haiti in order to combat and …

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