Ignoring calls for clemency from families and the international community, the Burmese junta executed four men for the first time in more than three decades. This marks a new threshold in the repression carried out by the Burmese army since the coup of February 1st, 2021, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, which threw the Southeast Asian country into a …

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, …

In Europe, the past months have been regarded as showcases of the extents of humanitarian and governmental solidarity, as millions of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine were welcomed across the continent. Such openness towards Ukrainians, however, bitterly highlights the hypocrisy inherent in the differences in treatment of asylum-seekers of other provenances, of which the latest refugee policy of the …

In Singapore, there are 32 offenses that could potentially warrant death sentences, 4 of these call for the mandatory death penalty, in fact, judges are not able to take into consideration mitigating circumstances when sentencing Murder, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, and possession of unauthorized firearms, ammunition or explosives. However, since an amendment to the law in 2012, the mandatory death penalty …

Jamal Khashoggi was about to launch a campaign to discredit the use of the social network Twitter by the Saudi regime, when he was assassinated in Turkey. A New York Times investigation reveals how the social network has been infiltrated by the Saudi secret services and how troll farms, paid by the government, crush all attempts at criticism via this …

Children’s detention in Iraqi prisons and Syrian camps Since four years ISIS’s attacks have decreased, however the number of Children detained in Iraqi prisons increase drastically. The main reason relies on the fact that children are treated as criminals, since the minimum age to engage criminal responsibility is nine years old. In addition of the extreme young age of the …

On the 19th of January 2022, the new European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replacing the EASO started its work under the new pact on migration and asylum. Its main purpose will be to strive for uniformity within the EU of the reception standards and enhance a fairer and faster decision making by the member states in the asylum’s applications. …

On Wednesday, January 19, Israel police has forcibly evicted a Palestinian family of 15 people from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, a controversial and predominantly Arab neighbourhood in East Jerusalem bordering the Old City and West Jerusalem. The latter is a neighbourhood situated in East Jerusalem and it has always been at the core of the Israel-Palestinian dispute. The eviction, …

            The Pegasus spyware is a system designed to invigilate the users’ activities via smartphones and mobile devices. Currently, due to increasing tensions regarding unfair use of the system, the security and data protection of citizens have been challenged. Among the Pegasus data leakage scandal in Poland recently and the Pegasus Project Investigation, doubts have been raised in regard to …

The seven years of conflict taking place in Yemen led to the worst humanitarian crisis. Around three hundred thousands people have died, including sixty percent of them from indirect causation to the conflict. A great majority of the population is relying on international aid and assistance. However, due to the war being at its full swing, the already non sufficient …