On 19 February, a horrific act of right-wing extremism cost nine people their lives in a racially motivated attack. At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday in the West German town of Hanau, Tobias Rathjen entered a Turkish bar and began opening fire on the locals who were seated inside, enjoying
On Friday, 7 February, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) researcher Patrick George Zaki was detained at Cairo airport on his return home from Bologna, Italy, where he was studying for a postgraduate degree in Gender and Human Rights. EIPR, one of Egypt’s leading human rights organizations, reported that Zaki
In the wake of the recent election in Azerbaijan, the integrity of the nation’s supposed democracy has been brought into question by Azerbaijani citizens and international spectators alike. On February 9th, the country held a snap election that was decided upon during a period of massive reforms last year, where
Earlier this week, the Dominican Republic suspended municipal elections four hours after the commencement of voting. Officials enacted this suspension after discovering a problem with the electronic voting system. At this time, election officials are still investigating what caused the glitch with the system. The country opted to hold a
Around 10 p.m. on the evening of February 9, militants in Auno, Nigeria murdered over 30 innocent civilians and kidnapped an untold number of women and children. Most of the travelers were burned alive inside of their cars, which were parked along a major highway in Borno State, linking Maiduguri
The number of homeless school children in the U.S. has reached its highest level in a decade, as reported by a study from the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE). The study, released on 29 January 2020, showed that more than 1.5 million public school students experienced homelessness in the
On 11 February, a seven-year-old girl was reported missing. According to the prosecutor’s investigation, an unidentified woman picked up the girl from school on before her mother arrived to pick her up, but she did not find her there. Security cameras in the street that have been examined by the
