by Hatice Betul Cim | Jan 6, 2023 | Sabanci University
Following the 2020 presidential election results in favor of Lukashenko, Belarusians move to the streets demanding free and fair elections and democracy. However, this resulted in increasing state repression, police violence, and deeper authoritarianism. Belarus...
by Skyler Goodman | Dec 17, 2022 | Suffolk University
On June 24th, 2022 the United States Supreme Court issued one of the most controversial decisions in its two centuries of existence. Supreme Court – Source: Unsplash This past summer, having just finished my undergraduate degree, I was staying with family about...
by Cayden Bobley O'Connor | Dec 11, 2022 | Skidmore College
Three years ago, former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, stood behind bars, with his best years seemingly behind him. After being released in 2019 due to a Supreme Court ruling on imprisonment procedures, Lula has been the subject of what is...
by Ella Jenkins | Nov 21, 2022 | Suffolk University
In Iran, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed on September 16, 2022, while being detained for “wearing her hijab incorrectly”. This sparked a mass of protests throughout the country. This incident seemed to be the breaking point of decades of tension between...
by EPEKESEN19@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 7, 2022 | Koç University
The harsh rhetoric and actions of the Pashinyan government/movement is straying Armenia from the very democratic principles that they were vowing to achieve. In 2018 during the month of April and May an approximately one-month long series of civil unrest...
