Politics

New York City has laws meant to shield immigrant communities from racial profiling, illegal information-sharing, and abusive transfers to ICE. But NYPD and DOC have repeatedly violated these protections — and right now, there is no way for New Yorkers…

Following a wave of arrests that saw some of the regime’s main opponents jailed on charges of “conspiring against state security,” Tunisia’s main union, the Union Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens (UGTT), has called a general strike for January 21. Faced…

Ahmed Néjib Chebbi was arrested today, Thursday, December 4, in Tunis after being sentenced to 12 years in prison in a sham trial in which he was accused of “conspiring against state security.” Chebbi, who is 81, is one of…

It’ll strengthen their complementary balancing acts for averting disproportionate dependence on the American and Chinese superpowers amidst the global systemic transition to complex multipolarity. Putin is on his first state visit to India in four years after having last visited…

The takeover of power has been completed. Despite being protected by law, Attorney General Delia Espinoza was not reinstated as Attorney General, and the Congress of the Republic barred her from holding public office for ten years. The public is…

Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest yet most neglected province. It stretches across the country’s southwestern edge, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, with a long coastline on the Sea of Oman—conditions that could have made it a corridor of development and stability. Instead,…

Baseless Felony Charges for Saving Lives at Sea Should End in Acquittal  By Bill Van Esveld and Eva Cossé Two dozen humanitarian workers face trial on the Greek island of Lesbos this week on baseless felony charges that carry 20…

by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas* November 30 is Bonifacio Day in the Philippines and among many Filipinos in British Columbia, Canada. Andres Bonifacio, after whom the national celebration is held every year, is one of the Philippines’ heroes whose…

Police are the foundation of a state’s law and order. Law enforcement agencies are central to public security, social peace, and crime suppression. But when the public begins to lose faith in this force, the overall stability of the state…

Kabylia is not merely a geographic region of Algeria. For several decades, it has embodied a strong aspiration for cultural, democratic, and social recognition within the framework of Algerian national unity. The Kabyles, educated and politically engaged, uphold values such…