Minority Groups

Many are familiar with hate speech as a form of hate propaganda. However, in an interview with GJIA, Professor Cherian George expounds how hate propaganda also manifests as…

Violence in parts of Myanmar has weakened communities and made them more susceptible to community transmission of COVID-19 and other health risks. In other fragile and transitioning states, health system…

Although LGBTQI+ activists in Poland are under attack from the Law and Justice government’s conservative agenda, domestic activists are finding ways to resist and persist. Since the 2015 election of…

Because of a perceived existential threat to the Turkish state, the teaching of any language other than Turkish in the formal education system has historically been forbidden through…

The below article is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment was published on September 4, 2020. How then should policymakers,…

The below article is the first installment in a two-part series.  A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the…

Genocide ravaged Rwanda in 1994. From April to July, over one million Tutsi and moderate Hutu were murdered. For the past twenty-six years, Rwanda has engaged in an unprecedented…

One of the thorniest counter-insurgency (COIN) issues for states is dealing with captured suspects. Holding them indefinitely as prisoners of war is one option, but this method legally precludes interrogation…

We exercise our rights through taking care of our responsibilities – The late William Commanda, Algonquin Elder and Spiritual Leader Many models for parks and protected areas have been…

Gulmira last heard from her mother via text message on October 19, 2017: “Hello, daughter. Don’t worry about me. I’m going to camp. Don’t write to me.” Shortly thereafter, the…