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March 03, 2023

Small Fires, Flaring Issues

Israeli police launched a crackdown against thousands of protesters this week, as demonstrations against the right-wing government’s plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary continue into their second month, the Washington Post reported. Authorities threw stun grenades, fired water cannons and arrested at least 40 people during Wednesday’s...

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March 02, 2023

Poisoning the Mind

Iranian authorities on Wednesday launched an investigation into the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country, in what officials and human rights advocates believe to be a deliberate attack targeting girls’ education and “revenge” against the women-led protests in recent months, NBC News reported. Local...

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March 02, 2023

War and Holidays

Danish lawmakers voted this week to scrap a public holiday in order to boost defense spending prompted by the Ukraine war, a cancellation that outraged labor unions and opposition politicians, Sky News reported. The vote would scrap Denmark’s Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls...

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March 02, 2023

Friends in High Places

Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party nominated Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president Wednesday, following the forced resignation of his predecessor as part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign, Reuters reported. The 52-year-old official is one of the youngest members of the party’s Politburo – Vietnam’s top decision-making...

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March 01, 2023

Simmering

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria’s hotly-contested presidential election early Wednesday, against rivals who are already demanding a revote in Africa’s most populous nation, the Associated Press reported. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party (APC) received about 37 percent of the...

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March 01, 2023

The Shunning

Canada banned TikTok from government-issued devices this week, following the lead of both the United States and the executive branch of the European Union amid concerns that the social media app poses security risks, the Wall Street Journal reported. Mona Fortier, Canada’s minister responsible for the...

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February 28, 2023

Tinkering With Votes

Tens of thousands of Mexicans marched in the streets across the country Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s overhaul of the electoral system, a move many critics believe will threaten democracy and influence next year’s elections, Bloomberg reported. Demonstrations took place in more than...

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February 28, 2023

Holding Tightly

Hundreds of Iraqis protested in the capital Baghdad on Monday to oppose an election bill that critics say would undermine independent candidates, the Associated Press reported. The current law, which applied to the 2021 election, divides each of the country’s 18 provinces into multiple electoral districts. That...

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February 27, 2023

The Voice

Australians will decide whether to give Indigenous people a voice in parliament in a landmark referendum that observers believe will face a number of hurdles before the vote later this year, the Guardian reported. The October plebiscite will see voters choose whether they support the enshrinement...

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February 23, 2023

The Echo Chamber

The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party stopped publishing this week after a government suspension order was upheld by a government-affiliated body, raising concerns about the country’s press freedoms and political plurality, Agence France-Presse reported. The Dainik Dinkal had been the voice of the Bangladesh...

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