DiEM25, the pan-European movement and MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis’ political party in Greece, are calling on the Greek government to grant Maria Efimova asylum and protection.
Time will tell if Resolution 43/1 will help the members of the Security Council to face situations of flagrant and systematic violations in countries that have been untouchable until now.
Canadians have a front row seat to the spectacle of a society in which immigration and racial diversity have become a political fissure, and they do not like what they see.
The Palermo Protocol has targeted sex workers since day one, and whenever sex workers having spoken up against it since they have been systematically ignored. How is that ‘caring for the victims’?
“What mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, did add was that, as things are at the moment, France could well end up with a ‘democratic crash’ in that election.”
Biden must work within the parameters of this new reality – not the one that existed in the 1990s when Biden formed his views about the Balkans. But has the strategic logic changed?
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Control measures need to counter misinformation, extremist content, and cyberattacks at the same time. Failure to do so is not just dangerous for this year's elections in Brazil and the United States, it is lethal for democracy all over the world.
What can adults teach children in times of political crisis? Belarusian teachers tell us about their attitude to the country’s protest movement - and what it means to be a teacher today.
