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If a change in climate conditions mean that humans can no longer live in a particular area or even on this planet, then something has to change. The impact of global warming is already causing a steady deterioration to living conditions which is impacting the human rights of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.  … Read more →

In weaker and more fragile democracies like India, disinformation strategies have come to the fore in the age of social media. In  recent years, social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp have come under fire for aggravating communal tensions, spreading false information and failing to monitor content for hate speech … Read more →

As the world has struggled to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, many prison populations have been an afterthought in the discussions about the protection of vulnerable groups. … Read more →

When the refugee camp at Moria caught fire, 17- year old Nour from Syria  asked her mother to leave her there to die. But she is not the only one. Child refugees as young as eight are also expressing no desire to live.  … Read more →

Iran – a country notorious for silencing dissidents, persecuting religious minorities and carrying out other human rights violations – has now turned to Biometric technology to widen the scale of its surveillance operations and to further suppress minorities. … Read more →

It can be boldly said that class differences and unequal distribution of wealth have always been the main factor in the construction of governments and populist social movements in developing countries, including Iran. Populist ideas and slogans are also welcomed in societies where class inequality is evident, and there is a lot of pressure on the poor, or even a false sense of inequality. … Read more →