The recent arrest and prosecution of over 100 persons, including minors, detained over the August’s #EndBadGoverance protest has alarmed Africa’s highest human rights body, which has now demanded a thorough probe into possible mistreatments of the detainees. “The African Commission is alarmed by reports that those detained, including the minors, have endured inhumane conditions for … Read more
Finally, following years of negotiations, the Labour administration announced on Oct. 3 that — after more than half a century — it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, albeit with carve-outs to protect the U.K./U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia. Looking back, Sands sees Britain’s EU departure as a major contributor. “Brexit … Read more
“Georgia is a conservative, Christian and pro-Europe state. Instead of useless lecturing, they need our support on their European path,” Orbán said in a post on X. Georgia’s EU membership application was frozen earlier this year amid warnings of backsliding on human rights and repression after Georgian Dream pushed through a divisive package of Russian-style … Read more
According to Ketevan Chachava, a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, “the polling station results we are seeing now are based on the electronic voting machines — around two-thirds of the overall, but that could still change. However, the expectation is that Georgian Dream’s votes would be lower than previous elections and this figure … Read more
“It is our duty to protect civilians and human rights, and it is high time to act on it,” he added. The U.N.’s Türk said on Friday that the Gaza war’s “darkest moment” was unfolding in the north of the territory, where Israel is carrying out a massive ground offensive to prevent Hamas fighters from … Read more
But is this really the decision Georgians are making? Is the binary that clear cut? I’m not so sure. To understand the political situation in any country, Georgia included, ask a cab driver, the old adage goes. Maybe the average Joe — or in this case, Giorgi — could shed some light. As he steered his … Read more
Charles, too, has mellowed his well-known views on issues such as climate change and housing, at least in public, as part of the strict convention of neutrality that comes with being king. His style in the past was far from laid back. One former minister recalled Charles, as prince of Wales, inviting them for tea … Read more
With parliamentary elections set for late October, and EU membership negotiations due to start shortly thereafter, the timing of this behavior was largely puzzling. However, an even greater riddle was the ruling party’s 12-year reign: If Georgians were so passionate about Western integration, why did they keep reelecting the anti-EU Georgian Dream (GD) for more … Read more
China should cut red tape around international cultural exchanges and relax its internet controls to prevent the worsening of its information “decoupling” from the world, a leading academic said. Wang Wen, dean and professor of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, noted that China had become a target for criticism by Western … Read more
The British statement released Friday said only that this is “an area [on] which the U.K. and China must engage, even where viewpoints diverge.” That’s a far cry from Labour’s position in opposition. As Shadow Foreign Secretary, Lammy told POLITICO last March Labour would pursue legal routes towards declaring China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims a … Read more
