Andrey Kalikh, an experienced anti-corruption activist, was detained in the streets of Saint Petersburg on February 27, 2022 while protesting against Russia’s military invasion in…
Capsicum Oleoresin, or pepper-spray, a chemical weapon classified as a “less lethal” alternative to fire arms, was most likely used by Bulgarian riot police and…
Amending the Council of Europe’s (CoE) sanctioning rules to restore Russia’s voting rights in its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has divided democracy and human rights advocates….
One of New Zeland’s darkest days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it – the day when a far-right Christian extremist took 49 lives of Muslims…
Illiberal governments attack civil society because it is able to control them, argues professor Balazs Trencsenyi, Head of the Department of History at the Central…
As many as 88% of Pakistani journalists self-censor themselves in their professional work and are likely to hold back information related to religious and security…
Ján Kuciak, an investigative journalist, and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, both 27, were professionally murdered in their house near Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Their…
Climate change in the form of sustained drought is not to blame for the bloody and prolonged conflict in Syria, according to a new study. But drought nevertheless plays…
BARCELONA, 01.10.2017. The Internet made a major difference in the preparation and execution of the independence referendum of Catalonia on 1 October. Seventy-three percent of the…
