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Photo by Daniel Omolewa on Unsplash.com On September 25, 2025, the Netherlands and Uganda signed a Declaration of Intent,  representing yet another problematic case of the externalization of migration management .  Promoted by the extreme right-wing component of the Dutch political landscape (PVV) , this scheme delegates the most critical phase of the asylum procedure,  the coercive return of rejected international protection applicants, to a third State.  This raises complex

Photo by hosnysalah on Pixabay.com In the past two years, due to the attacks perpetrated by the Israeli forces, the situation in Gaza has been exacerbating: people without shelters and forcibly displaced, with no access to basic needs and medication , resulting in barriers to accessing care. Within this scenario, women and girls are facing a living ordeal which undermines their health and could lead to gynecological hurdles , not to forget the psychological implications relat

Photo by sasint o n Pixabay.com Since the entry into office of US President Donald Trump at the beginning of 2025, there has been a  backsliding in terms of access to healthcare services and information at the hands of the Trump administration . Citizens are facing the increasingly alarming repercussions of budget cuts, the undermining of access to healthcare information, and the non-transparent handling of private medical data. In February, the Trump administration had restr

Photo by  Marília Castelli  on unsplash.com On 28 October 2025, a massive police operation was carried out in the northern favelas (slums) of Alemão and Penha, located in Rio de Janeiro, targeting the criminal organisation known as Comando Vermelho (Red Command). The operation, under the name of Operation Contenção (Operation Containment), was reported as the deadliest police action in the city’s history. As residents described it, “This was a slaughter, not an operation" . I

Photo by Leon_Ting  on pixabay.com The State of Viet Nam continues to suppress citizens’ fundamental rights of expression. At the end of September, an imprisoned citizen, Trịnh Bá Phương , was sentenced to another 11 years for criticizing the ruling Communist Party. The dissident was already serving a ten-year sentence, passed in December 2021 , for “spreading anti-state propaganda”.   According to the prison officials, in Trịnh Bá Phương’s cell was found a banner denouncing

P hoto by Andrew PaKip on pexels.com   In light of continuous human rights violations in Myanmar, the international community is urging immediate action. Fears of further deterioration have risen after the military announced that elections will be held in December 2025. In July 2025, the junta passed a law prohibiting any acts that could potentially undermine the electoral process, including the rights to free speech, protest, and association. The people of Myanmar are alread

Photo by hosnysalah on  Pixabay.com Following two years of war that has killed  over 68,000 Palestinians , the U.S.-arranged ceasefire in October brought only a  brief pause to a population exhausted by intense bombardment and forced to endure years of suffering and displacement . This “peace” caused a desperate mass movement as  over 425,000 displaced residents  began the long, frantic journey back to Gaza City and northern areas. Yet, the initial joy of the truce was immedi

photo by Dylan_Agbagni  on pixabay.com On October 13th, 2023, an Israeli tank launched an attack on southern Lebanon, near the Israeli border. The attack killed a Reuters journalist, Issam Abdallah, and injured six other journalists from Al-Jazeera, Reuters and AFP . An investigation by the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) found that the attack was launched against “clearly identifiable journalists” , meaning it was a deliberate attack on civilians, and thus a war crime

Photo by hosnysalah  on pixabay.com Over the last two years, several voices have raised accusing Israel and its governors of the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza: in particular, the Republic of South Africa pressed charges in December 2023 , alleging violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide .  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) still hasn’t issued its final ruling,