Analysis: Ukraine has had a terrible week. Blame the US and the EU
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Ukraine is developing a “drowning not waving” problem. It is struggling to say clearly how badly the war is going. Giving a candid public...
The GOP-Hungary connection shaping the '24 campaign
Photo illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios. Photos: Amir Levy, Spencer Platt, Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images The far-right...
Hungarian state responsible for Syrian refugee's death – ECHR rules
The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed that the Hungarian authorities are responsible for the death of a 22-year-old Syrian...
The Vexing Rise of the Transnational Right
Lessons From Interwar Europe It was hard to avoid a sense of déjà vu when supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president,...
Creeping Civil Society Curbs in Europe Threaten Rights in 2023
Civil society organizations, including groups that work to protect human rights, are under growing threat in Europe. The threat these...
EUROPE’S BLACK SITES
How refugees are being arbitrarily detained and tortured at secret facilities along EU borders before being illegally forced back across...
The Nigerian students caught in the Russia-Ukraine war
Students scramble to leave Ukraine as the conflict intensifies, reaching new cities. Lolade Lawal’s life has been turned upside down in a...
NATO ‘more united and determined than ever’ after Russia’s ‘brutal act of war’ on Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Feb. 24 condemned Russia's “cold-blooded” attack on Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms.”...
German court’s historic crimes against humanity finding in Syria case must spur momentum for justice
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hailed the “historic” conviction by a German court on Thursday of a senior Syrian...
OPINION | Europe’s Far Right Joins Russia and China Backing Bosnia’s Serb Secessionists
From Orban to Le Pen, Europe’s nativist, anti-Muslim far right is affirming its grim alliance with Bosnia’s belligerent Serb...
Iraq in the News
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