Politics and humanitarianism are often intertwined when it comes to humanitarian crises. This extends to the current refugee crisis facing North Korea. North Korean defectors seeking refuge from the country’s repressive government face numerous challenges in reaching safety, many opting for safe haven in South Korea and the Republic of
A common response to Prevent, a part of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, has been one of criticism. British online newspaper, The Independent, reported earlier this year that many human rights organizations such as Amnesty International are voicing concerns that the scheme’s newly appointed leader, William Shawcross, is Islamophobic. They report
It has been ten years since the Syrian civil war started, and the start of the war also ignited the beginning of the world’s largest refugee crisis. World Vision reports that approximately 13.5 million Syrians have been displaced as a result of the civil war, with one half being refugees
Around the world, millions of people are receiving vaccinations as part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Our World in Data measures that approximately 26.2% of the world’s population have received at least one out of two doses of the vaccine. However, only 1% of those vaccinated are from
Human trafficking remains a hidden crime and since the COVID-19 pandemic, it was driven even deeper underground. According to the 2020 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking of Persons, in 2018 there was a 30% increase in global child trafficking victims. Human trafficking is
On June 25th, 2021, the New Zealand government announced that they will propose to strengthen their nation’s laws around hate speech. Al Jazeera reported that proposals to strengthen these laws came from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch Mosques. The inquiry, investigating the 2019 terrorist
As reported by MindaNews, The Senate Committee on Local Government in the Philippines is requesting to postpone the first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May 2022 to May 2025. This may prolong the peace resolution in the long-standing Moro conflict. After decades of
In early February 2021, France passed an ‘anti-separatism’ bill which has sparked controversy and protests. According to Al Jazeera, this bill aims to limit websites and social media that promote hate speech, implement financial restrictions on foreign donors regarding religious organizations, and ban the use of religious symbols in certain
The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks is drawing near and The Washington Post reported that U.S. President Joe Biden, has promised that by September 9, 2021, all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Through a public speech made in the White House, President Biden said,
The current Israel-Palestine conflict has escalated to immense violence and world leaders have been urging a ceasefire. What started on May 10 as a warning rocket strike from militant group, Hamas, is now a sequence of retaliatory strikes between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). On top of that,
