Civil Liberties

Since his first-annual New Year’s speech in 2012 setting North Korea’s policy priorities, Kim Jong Un has emphasized his commitment to economic development, notably promising his people that they will…

On March 19, the Georgetown University Muslim Students Association welcomed Dr. James Millward, Professor of Inter-societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, for a discussion of human rights…

For many in Myanmar the internet begins and ends with their Facebook newsfeeds. The New York Times reported that Facebook was used to spread hate speech and misinformation…

Aadhaar, India’s largest biometric identification system, cleared legal scrutiny last year as the country’s highest court held it to be constitutional. However, the Supreme Court’s judgement also established boundaries within…

The presence of social commentary on human rights in music is not new, it is not unique to Africa, and it is not limited to hip hop. Musicians have often…

Since the end of World War II, the world has looked at the Jewish history in Poland through the prism of gas chambers and crematoria. A vibrant Jewish heritage has…

Over half of China’s 1.3 billion citizens are connected to the Internet. Ninety-five percent of these citizens access the web on their mobile devices, and China recently became the largest iPhone…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in July 2017. In December 2017, he announced that a joint effort between the Iraqi government…

Since Turkey experienced a failed coup attempt a year ago, hardly a week goes by without news of new firings, suspensions, detentions, and arrests. By the end of June 2017,…

SÃO PAULO – On Thursday, 6 June 2013 on Avenida Paulista, one of the largest swaths of streets in the center of São Paulo’s financial district, a small group of people,…