By Anna Bisignano
After 30 years of military rule under an oppressive dictatorship Sudan has finally toppled its president Omar al-Bashir, in April 2019. Revolutions are not new in Sudan: the revolution that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir had been going...
By Shamil Shams, Shabnam von Hein – Deutsche Welle (DW)
The Taliban have further curbed women’s rights with their latest veil compulsion decree. Afghanistan’s civil society faces an uphill task to challenge the group without adequate support from the international...
By Ambra Visentin
Stella Assange recounts the long struggle to free her husband. A case of persecution by the US with the complicity of the UK. 'If we allow extradition, we agree to lose the right to the truth'.
How is...
By Aine Bennett
Reports emerged earlier this year of Ukrainian border guards preventing trans people, particularly trans women, including those with legal recognition of their gender, from exiting Ukraine following Russian bombardment. These episodes have cast a light on the...
The editorial for International Labour Day - the festivity of all workers - by our director Raffaele Crocco.
Work, information, education, health, freedom of opinion and expression: if we think about it, these are the pillars of democracy. They are...
by Ambra Visentin
Ankara has adopted a complete and brutal reversal of its generous reception policy. In the report by the NGO Human Right Watch, published on 24 October, some 40 testimonies of deportees and relatives allowed its author, Nadia...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
"The first victim of conflicts is always the truth"
- Ivo Andrič
By Emanuele Giordana*
The wars of the 21st century have more eyes upon them than they did in the 20th. Perhaps, therefore, able to mitigate Ivo Andrič's famous aphorism that...
by Anna Violante
The IFJ’s death toll of 120 is high. The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a Swiss NGO with special consultative status at the United Nations, puts the figure at 140. The difference is due to the deaths recorded...
by Ambra Visentin
According to a UN decision, Australia has for too long failed to adequately protect Pacific islanders from the effects of climate change and for this it must compensate them. While the idea of attacking Western states for...
