Day: November 29, 2024

Nicaragua’s Crackdown On Civil Society Continues As 1,500 NGOs Declared Illegal

The government of Nicaragua outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on August 19th to crack down on the dissent against incumbent President Daniel Ortega. Organizations outlawed by the Nicaraguan government include religious, sports, and health organizations, according to an issue published on Monday by the government gazette, La Gaceta. The Nicaraguan

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The Fight Against Gender Apartheid In Afghanistan

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, extreme restrictions on the rights of women and girls have been rigorously imposed. More recently, a new morality order enacted by the Taliban titled the “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice,” has further stripped women of their

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