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From Genocide to Justice: Iraq’s Reparations for Yazidi Survivors

On 3 August 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS, also known as ISIL or Da’esh) launched a coordinated attack on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, home to much of Iraq’s Yazidi community. Men and older women were killed, women and girls were subjected to sexual violence and enslavement, boys were separated from their families, indoctrinated…
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The Symphony of the Drums of War

The Houthi Attack on Saudi Arabia Warns That the War Waged by the United States and Israel Against Iran Is Beginning to Spread Across the Middle East and Threatens to Reach the Strategic Routes of the Indo-Pacific “When a conflict ceases to be regional, each new front adds another instrument to the same score…” “The…
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The Pedagogy of Obsolescence: While China Models the Future in Classrooms, the West Keeps Debating the Inkwell

There is a self-imposed blindness, almost endearing in its pathos, with which Western bureaucracies insist on viewing the development of the rest of the planet. While in our latitudes ministries of education and arm-chair pedagogical committees waste rivers of ink and sterile seminars deliberating whether artificial intelligence should be banned, regulated, or blessed before entering…
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Naya Nepal, built on whose back?

A labor law exists for one primary purpose i.e.to stand as a statutory shield between a worker and the unchecked exploitation that occurs in the absence of oversight. It is designed to establish an unyielding floor under wages, a strict ceiling over working hours, and a fundamental guarantee that the body executing the labor remains…
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Peru: Independence Day Celebrations with a New Fujimori Administration and People in the Streets

On July 28, Peru celebrates 205 years of independence and will usher in the second Fujimori administration in its history. In this context, Keiko Fujimori will be sworn in as president-elect and deliver her first address to the nation. The president-elect has noted that she is inheriting a country in crisis, with stalled public works…
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Israel in Crisis: A Threat from Within

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‘Barsha Mangal Festival 1433’ Inaugurated at Rabindra Sarobar with Song and Dance

A Revival of Bengali Folk Traditions and Non-Communal Culture The ‘Barshamangal Utsab’ (Monsoon Festival) was formally inaugurated on Saturday, July 25, at 5 PM at the open-air stage of the historic Rabindra Sarobar in the capital’s Dhanmondi area, featuring vibrant dance, music, and poetry recitations. Photo: Collected. By Taskina Yeasmin (Dhaka Bureau) Driven by…
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PMPI’s Statement on the Civil Society Groups who Give President Marcos Jr. a Failing Ecological Rating in 5th SONA Assessment

Quezon City, Philippines – 24 July 2026. The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) and Rights of Nature Philippines, together with Akbayan Legislators, civil society organizations with their community partners across the country, convened a press conference today to present an independent ecological assessment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s five-year performance. The event featured the Green…
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(Peru) The Right to Be Forgotten and Freedom of the Press: An Analysis of the Constitutional Court’s Ruling from the Perspective of the Principle of Proportionality

The recent ruling by the Constitutional Court (TC) ordering the removal of three news articles related to the so-called Orellana case has reignited the debate over the limits of the right to be forgotten in Peru. Although the aim of protecting the honor and reputation of a person who was subsequently exonerated is constitutionally legitimate,…
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Montreal’s Greatest Asset Is a Toilet

The St. Lawrence should be the city’s greatest treasure. Montreal treats it like an open sewer. This is no geographic accident: it’s a decision. There is one image that sums up the contradiction. An island-city, surrounded on all sides by fresh water —the St. Lawrence River, the rivière des Prairies, Lac Saint-Louis and Lac des…