The 1st of February 2020 in Myanmar the Tatmadaw putted in place a coup d’etat for the victory in the election of the National League of Democracy, arresting the President Win Myint and the State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi who is still detained. The Myanmar army commander-in-chief, General Min Aung Hlaing, justified this move by claiming a fraud in …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised the concern of the entire international community. During the last days we have seen an increasing of Russian military action against civil infrastructures as well as population. There are several witnesses of shelling and street fighting in the southern city of Kherson, and in the southern seaport town of Mariupol, which is without …

On February 24th 2022 Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and de-nazify Ukraine”. The rest of the world saw it for what it was, a clear violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and political independence through military force. In other words; an invasion. Leaders in the European Union quickly condemned the decision, including the President of Greece. In …

            The Hungarian anti-democratic drift set in motion by Viktor Orbán seems to indicate that, with a high probability, the next elections in Hungary will not be free and fair. This concern is confirmed by calls from 40 Hungarian NGOs and 70 MEPs for a full-scale election observation mission by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), …

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 July 25th 2021, the tunisian president Kais Saïed decided to dismiss any remaining form of democracy, such as firing ministers, suspending the parliament and closing a news media. Some interpret it as a coup, while the president justify it through the constitution (in case of immininent danger threatening the integrity of the country and the country’s security and indepence, …

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, …

Whenever any country makes its first steps towards a more democratic government, we are easily inclined to conclude that it has become a democracy, however, real democracy is more than just elections. Democracy stands for diversity, accountability, and inclusion, it means that politicians and political institutions are willing to respond to the needs of the population, and on the other …

Sudan is experiencing numerous protests following the military coup of 25 October 2021 and the resignation in early 2022 of Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok. This has strengthened the military’s grip on power and seems to put an end to the democratic transition the country began in 2019. For 30 years, Sudan had been under the rule of Omar al-Bashir who …

            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 …