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  • Justice denied: Voiceless in Guantanamo

    Justice denied: Voiceless in Guantanamo4

    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 22/02/2019

    No charge, no trial, no conviction; only hours of torture and interrogation. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center is a “secret” prison where kidnappings, forced disappearances and degrading prison conditions makes lives of detainees, a living hell. Prisoner rights are mostly not a popular topic of debate. But, can rights be called so if they can be dismissed so effortlessly?

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  • Matera Capital of Culture 2019: an ‘open future’ with closed ports?

    Matera Capital of Culture 2019: an ‘open future’ with closed ports?0

    • EU Governance and Politics, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 11/02/2019

    On January 19th 2019, Matera’s cave-dwelling districts, better known as “Sassi”, opened up to national and international guests and musicians for the celebration of its title as 2019 European Capital of Culture (ECOC).

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  • Should the EU care about civic and political opposition in Hungary?

    Should the EU care about civic and political opposition in Hungary?0

    • EU Governance and Politics, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 30/01/2019

    It became almost impossible to pretend that Hungary is still a democracy. The autocratic tendencies of Orban’s regime are difficult to counteract without strengthening the existent civic and political opposition that is being intimidated by the police state.

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  • The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar

    The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar8

    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/01/2019

    You might be surprised to learn that the village of Mananjary in Madagascar believes its twins are cursed and carry misfortune.

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  • The invisible people

    The invisible people0

    • Human Rights and Migration
    • 04/12/2018

    Usually when the question of how welcoming a country’s attitude towards refugees is raised, people look at the relation between proportion of accepted and rejected asylum seekers. But the destiny of those rejected is rarely featured in the mass media. What happens to them?

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  • Migrants without protection = Humanitarian principles at risk

    Migrants without protection = Humanitarian principles at risk0

    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 14/11/2018

    In the last few years, tens of thousands of people have left their homes and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. The media is constantly publishing stories of drowning migrants and of the harsh conditions of detention centres in Southern Europe. At the same time, the attitude towards migration has hardened in many European countries. Countries like Italy, Austria and Hungary have shown that there is very little humanity left.

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  • The invisible people
    The paradise paradox: Maldives, a sinking country?
    • Environment and Energy, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 24/03/2019
  • The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/01/2019
  • "Civic death" penalty: the pinnacle of disability rights violations
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 18/07/2015
  • Hinduization of ‘Secular’ India – Disintegrating into Theocracy
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 08/04/2020
  • The invisible workers
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 01/09/2020
  • The invisible people
    The paradise paradox: Maldives, a sinking country?
    • Environment and Energy, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 24/03/2019
  • The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/01/2019
  • Politheor's Special Report: The Gender Agenda
    • Human Rights and Migration, Special Report
    • 25/11/2016
  • People with disabilities as an invisible workforce potential
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 10/05/2015
  • Justice denied: Voiceless in Guantanamo
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 22/02/2019

Latest Posts

  • The invisible workers
    The invisible workers
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 01/09/2020
  • Hinduization of ‘Secular’ India – Disintegrating into Theocracy
    Hinduization of ‘Secular’ India – Disintegrating into Theocracy
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 08/04/2020
  • Blaming the victims: threats to the Roma in France
    Blaming the victims: threats to the Roma in France
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/05/2019
  • Drums of prejudice: Avenging terror through hate crimes?
    Drums of prejudice: Avenging terror through hate crimes?
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 29/04/2019
  • Qatar working conditions 2.0?
    Qatar working conditions 2.0?
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/03/2019

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