Category: Human Rights
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British Commonwealths in Caribbean Consider Becoming Republics
As part of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge recently traveled to three British commonwealths in the Caribbean. The eight-day tour had the royal couple visit the countries Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. Prince William and Kate were met with protests in the former British colonies amid a call […]
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Civil War in Yemen: Humanitarian Concerns, the Path to Peace, and Ramifications of Ongoing War
As the worlds attention remains fixated on Ukraine, there is another equally disturbing humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in Yemen. Recently, Angelina Jolie who serves as a special envoy for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) traveled to Yemen to raise awareness for the ongoing civil war that continues to plague the country. The conflict within […]
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Controversial 2022 Winter Olympics End
The 2022 Winter Olympic Games recently ended. The Winter Games were held in Beijing and represent the second time in six months that the Olympics have taken place – after the Summer 2020 Games in Tokyo were postponed because of the pandemic. There were several factors that made the Beijing Games controversial, such as a […]
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Turmoil in India over Hijab
India has experienced unrest over the last several weeks as some schools and colleges have banned students from wearing headscarves. In January, a high school in the Indian state of Karnataka informed students that unless they removed their headscarves they would not be allowed on campus. In response a handful of female Muslim students protested […]
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Military Coup in Burkina Faso
The West African country of Burkina Faso is experiencing unrest as a result of a coup. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was recently removed from office by members of the military. Leading up to the coup there had been numerous demonstrations against the government and President Kabore’s policies. Jubilant crowds descended upon the capital, Ouagadougou, […]
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Supreme Court Hears Abortion Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The Court will be deciding whether Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks is constitutional or in violation of the precedent set by the 1973 Roe v. Wade case. Legal experts believe that the questions posed by the most […]
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Taliban Seizes Control of Afghanistan
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, the Islamist regime has regained control of the war-torn country. In August, the last American forces left Afghanistan causing a power vacuum which allowed the Taliban to consolidate power, retake the country, and form a government. In the fall of 2001, the […]