A special committee of the Polish senate has, on the 6th of September 2023, issued a verdict proclaiming that the use of the Pegasus spyware software during the 2019 election has been unlawful and has affected the result of the election via unfair targeting of the members of the country’s
It’s hard to think of a more classical play on the part of a regime than creating a common enemy for its people to unite against. Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Orwell’s Big Brother… All the ‘greats’ have done it. Obviously, Vladimir Putin is no exception. Having taken the West and its
On August 5th, 2023 Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, was arrested for the second time, after being sentenced to a three-year jail term for alleged corruption. His earlier arrest on May 9th, 2023 provoked protests of scale described by the government officials as ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’. No significant
On the July 31st, 2023 two Iraqi refugees, Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem desecrated and burnt a copy of the Quran outside of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, provoking anger from the countries of the Muslim world. This act was the last in the series of similar ones in Sweden
Following the August 14th strikes on the Ukrainian city of Odessa, Moscow banks have reported the lowest value of the ruble in the last 16 months, with 1 RUB currently worst less than 0.01 U.S.D. As the Russian government is currently spending more than it is earning, and with many
On July 17th, 2023 the Iranian Guidance Patrol, otherwise known as the morality police, announced that it will resume patrolling the streets in search for women who don’t adhere to the religious laws that demand covering one’s head and wearing loose clothing. This problematic decision comes ten months after Mahsa
During a press conference on August 29th, Education Minster of France Gabriel Attal announced the plan to ban students from wearing abayas (loose fitting robes typically worn by Muslim women) in public schools. The move has sparked much outrage both within the Muslim community and outside of it, with many
On the July 7th, the U.S. confirmed that it would include cluster bombs in the latest $800 million munition package to be sent to the Ukrainian army. These bombs pose a significantly bigger threat to civilians than other explosives and, as a result, have been banned from use and production
The Indian media is in an uproar following the brutal killing of a girl, aged 16, in Delhi at the beginning of June. Video footage of the incident shows that the victim’s 20-year-old boyfriend, Sahil Khan, attacked the girl in public after she attempted to end their relationship. Despite numerous
For the last two years, starting in July 2021, the Poland – Belarus border has been the site of a human tragedy. Tens of thousands of refugees, mostly from North Africa and the Middle East, have been trapped on the border and in the forests and marshes surrounding it, lacking
