Within a few months, the European Court for Human Rights found Turkey accountable twice for violating Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the freedom of expression. In April 2021, in the case of Ahmet Hüsrev Altan v. Turkey, the Court held that there had been an infringement of the applicant’s freedom of expression and freedom of …

Turkey recently enacted ‘disinformation laws’ which essentially give authority to the Turkish Government to control, restrict and/or reprimand online free speech. While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has always been on the wrong side of controversies regarding free speech, putting it into law is concerning, especially in the days leading up to the 2023 Elections. Disinformation laws have been …

“الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام”, “The people want the downfall of the regime.” These words, with their multiple translations and even more numerous implications, quickly spread from the roads of Tunisia across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, becoming the slogan of the Arab Spring. 11 years later, in the country that ignited the spark of the regional upheaval, …

Right now in Iran, there are two momentous historical events happening. First, equipped with the slogan “women, life, freedom”, Iranians are contributing another chapter to the global history of feminism. This is not the first time that a phalanx of Iranian women is spearheading a movement with global significance. Even in the so called “Islamic” revolution in 1979, women played …

Tens of thousands of Czechs demand the resignation of the government and an end to Russian sanctions. Vladimir Putin does not control them. But then who does ? “Nonviolent revolution” is what the organizers call their protest event. They are demanding the resignation of the conservative-liberal government under Petr Fiala, an end to EU sanctions against Russia, and the start …

When Chilean streets erupted in 2019 demanding the resignation of the President, many political analysts predicted that the country would be pulled into years of political struggle and instability as it has in many Latin American nations post dissent. However, the Chileans decided to break this cycle by voting to create a new Constitution. The Constituent Assembly was created with …

The role of the internet in advancing the conversation around human rights is unparalleled. Since its inception, the internet has done more for human rights than many international assemblies and instruments. At the same time, the internet has been used as a tool to manipulate facts and theories, which has harmed many movements. However, it can be widely regarded as …

In August 2022, The Malaysian Court of Appeals overturned a landmark 2021 High Court Ruling that allowed Malaysian Women married to Foreigners to pass down their citizenship to their children born aboard. The Court of Appeals, by overturning the decision in this case, have denied women the right automatically bestowed on Malaysian men. This discriminatory provision in the Federal Constitution …

It is no secret that the world’s attention tends to be selective; to pick and choose among the issues that are easier to get behind and cause outrage at any given time. While modern media allow determined stories of injustice to not only come to the surface, but also to be widely addressed, which can undoubtedly not be considered reproachable, …

Since the war outbreak, millions of Ukrainians have left their country. Many have lost their homes, family members and friends and now live in Poland, Romania or Germany. No one is imposing time limits on them, understandably. Simultaneously many Russians also left their country. They are people who left after the war began, out of horror at the government, fear …