AUTHOR: Beverly Mtui There comes a time when every era utters the words “power to the youth” and pours all oftheir hopes into young people, the next generation, to undo the world’s wrongdoings. However, what happens when young people really do take matters into their own hands and demand change? In recent years, we have seen the emergence of the …
Women wait in a hospital in Ghazni, August 2025 (EL PAIS) AUTHOR: Sibila del Palacio Cuesta In the five years since the Taliban reclaimed power over Afghanistan in August 2021, a systematic rewriting of legislation has been underway. Corporal punishment has gone hand in hand with this new legislative reality. In 2025 alone, more men and women were subjected to …
AUTHOR: Inês Alves Tomé IntroductionWith the establishment of AI in our daily lives, we have quickly learned how to incorporate this technology to make our lives easier. However, we have also started to observe several changes in our surroundings. These changes are particularly noticeable within the public sector, including national governments. In recent years, several governments have adopted systems in …
AUTHOR: Charisa Thuratong Overcrowded rooms, uncertainty over basic amenities and thin tents as a wavering roof, that is thereality of thousands of people detained in Northeast Syria. Although the fall of the dictator Basharal-Assad in December 2024 brought hope to the country, many detainees still wait to break free. Decades of Political Unrest Still Lingers TodaySyria’s political landscape is highly …
AUTHOR: Kenza Ethiopian troops in Oromia are perpetrating sexual violence with impunity. Amnesty International has documented multiple instances of sexual violence against women and girls. ContextEver since the non-international armed conflict in 2019, the Oromia region of Ethiopia hasbeen torn apart by armed conflict between the federal government and the Oromo LiberationArmy (OLA). The civilian population of the Oromia region …
Satellite images of power usage in Ukraine in January and November of 2022, respectively. AUTHOR: Sara. B. Gero What has been happening in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022?The invasion of Ukraine started in February of 2022 when Russian forces crossed the border from Belarus and made their way towards the capital, Kyiv. Since then, violations …
AUTHOR: Beverly Mtui Internet connectivity has become a powerful mechanism for connecting people across theworld, especially in mobilising and taking action against inequality and human rightsviolations. While many struggles are rooted in local challenges, digital technologies andtools, with the internet and social media at forefront positions, enable people to connectacross borders to tackle them with a global force. This enables …
AUTHOR: Eleonore Dlugosz Donnen “For the people of Sudan, nowhere is safe.”Amnesty International Sudan is, regrettably, invoked whenever violation of human rights is mentioned, so it is necessary to use this blog to shed light on unfolding realities of this devastating conflict. Since 2023, the East African state has been plunged into an armed crisis between the Sudanese Armed Forces …
AUTHOR: Caterina Loreto When Ireland introduced the Direct Provision system in 2000, it was pitched as a short-term solution, an emergency measure to house people seeking asylum. Fast-forward more than two decades, and this “temporary” system is still in place, still heavily criticised, and still failing many of the people it was meant to protect. What began as a stopgap …
AUTHOR: Sara B. Gero Four years ago, in 2021, Hungary passed its ‘Child Protection Law’, which was also nicknamed as the Pedophile Law by government officials, and as ‘Propaganda Law’ by NGOs. This legislative package outlaws the portrayal of different sexual orientations, sex characteristics and gender identities in the media, and in schools and churches, as well as near these …
