This year, Egypt was ranked 166th out of 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index (RSF, 2021b). This comes as no surprise given the country’s consistent status as one of the world’s top jailers of journalists. Indeed, in 2020, Egypt had the third highest number of jailed journalists globally, with at least 27 journalists in prison (CPJ, 2020).Yet, …

It is undeniable that human trafficking is a global challenge. About 25 million people worldwide are trafficking victims according to the UN (UNODC, 2020). The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years of age (ibid). 43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation, of whom 98% are women and girls (ibid). Human trafficking and smuggling …

Once a prosperous country and the largest democracy of the Arab World,  Egypt is currently under one of the harshest military regimes in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Even though Egypt was one of the first and most prominent places where the Arab Spring flourished, the General Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who took power in 2014, has …

A victim-centred approach that reflects the self-identified needs of victims is integral to the success of Nepal’s transitional justice process. Successes have been seen in elements of the Truth Commission (TRC), Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and Interim Relief Program (IRP). Yet, these processes have either made little progress in fulfilling their mandates, lacked transparency and victim …

Haiti seems to exist in the media only under the conditions of a news item, generally dramatic: natural disasters (the 2010 earthquake, the cyclones that hit the country repeatedly), political crises, violence, etc. The historical silence and the media treatment are part of the same view, which sees Haiti through the prism of a curse and chaos. The historical silence …

This month the Chinese Communist Party is celebrating its 100th anniversary. What can be expected are self-gratulatory propaganda efforts to paint the authoritarian rule of continental China by the Communists as the greatest success in the long history of China. western attitudes towards Beijing, though, have been changing and turning more critical. A sore point of the relations between China …

Beginning in 2014, the European Union saw an increased amount of migration coming from different parts of the world. The so-called “refugee crisis” began as a consequence of the continuous wars that were taking place specifically in the Middle East that led to a high volume of people being literally forced to migrate to other places in search for security …