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The plight of women’s rights in various countries reflects a complex interplay of legal, cultural and societal norms that significantly disenfranchise women and girls, threatening their human rights and dignity. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, and Nigeria present challenging environments where women’s rights [...]

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Why do coups d’état happen? Is it that bad leadership pushes people to their boiling points, compelling them to take matters into their own hands? Or is it a lack of adequate preventative laws? Do external factors play a role? And in Africa specifically, how much of an impact does history tend to have? Moreover, [...]

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Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld much of the controversial Gezi Park ruling on Thursday, which is named after a central park in Istanbul where 2013 anti-government protests broke out. Included in the ruling was the court’s decision to affirm a sentence of life without parole for civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala and [...]

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson Sunday affirmed that Sweden is confident Türkiye will ratify Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) application. At the same time, Kristersson expressed concern since Sweden is unable to accept certain demands made by Türkiye. This comes as NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stolenberg said that “it is important that Sweden and [...]

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The Swedish Supreme Court Monday ruled that the extradition of journalist Bulent Kenes to Turkey would violate Swedish law. Kenes is a Turkish national who obtained asylum in Sweden after Turkish officials accused Kenes of participating in the 2016 attempted coup to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey has tied Sweden’s cooperation in extraditing wanted [...]

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Turkish prosecutors ordered the arrests of 532 suspects with connections to a Muslim cleric allegedly behind a 2016 attempted coup, according to a report on Monday by state-owned Anadolu news agency. These 532 suspects include 459 on-duty military personnel. In 2016 there was a failed coup attempt by rogue soldiers to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government. This [...]

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