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Basant Returns to Lahore: Between Memory, Merriment, and Responsibility

After nearly two decades of absence, the Government of Punjab has announced the revival of the Basant Kite-flying Festival in Lahore, scheduled for 6, 7, and 8 February 2026. The decision marks a significant cultural moment for the city, reopening…

Conflicts and persistent human rights violations in Sudan and other regions

Behind this architecture of power and crossed vetoes lie concrete bodies. In Sudan, women have been systematically used as spoils of war: gang rapes, sexual slavery, abductions, and forced pregnancies form part of a pattern documented by humanitarian organizations and…

The worst human rights crisis in the United States so far this century

In 2026, Human Rights Watch issued one of the most severe warnings ever made regarding the state of human rights in the United States. It was not a sectoral critique nor a limited reproach, but a structural diagnosis: according to…

China, Panama and the Canal: legal sovereignty, trade stability and the politicization of global infrastructure

China’s reaction to the judicial annulment of the port concession contract held by CK Hutchison in Panama must be read through a lens different from that dominating Western headlines. From Beijing’s perspective, this is neither an impulsive threat nor an…

Our blindness to whiteness

During the COVID pandemic, I published a book titled The White-West: A Look in the Mirror. At the time, I did not imagine that only a few years later the dynamics I described would become so stark, so violent, and…

Colombian President Petro Makes Historic White House Visit After Diplomatic Rift with Trump

Colombian President Gustavo Petro traveled to the United States this week for a highly anticipated meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, marking a thaw in relations after a year of public clashes between the two leaders.…

Conflicts and persistent human rights violations in Sudan and other regions

Behind this architecture of power and crossed vetoes lie concrete bodies. In Sudan, women have been systematically used as spoils of war: gang rapes, sexual slavery, abductions, and forced pregnancies form part of a pattern documented by humanitarian organizations and…

Latin American governments and human rights violations under the political shadow of Donald Trump

Human Rights Watch has warned that the impact of the policies promoted by the administration of Donald Trump is not limited to the territory of the United States. On the contrary, it has generated a spillover effect that is being…

Tunisia, the Mediterranean as a mass grave, and the externalization of Europe’s border: another major human rights crisis

In January 2026, following a series of shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean that left nearly one thousand people dead or missing, the situation of migrants in Tunisia entered a new and more severe phase. These deaths did not occur in…

Situation of LGBTIQ+ people in Mali following the legal change

The recent reform of the Penal Code in Mali marks a critical turning point for human rights in the country and, in particular, for the situation of LGBTIQ+ people. By explicitly criminalizing same-sex relationships, the State has not merely introduced…

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