Dhaka, Bangladesh – At the beginning of this year, dozens of men storm the door of a safe house for people in the third sector. Among the attackers, there were people who sympathize with the community, says Babuni, who was in the safe house at the time. They threw stones and broke windows. Babuni took … Read more
São Paulo, Brazil – Systemic fraud undermines gender quotas designed to increase the number of women in Brazilian politics. The political parties that support men also proposed “ghost candidates” – women who appear on the ballot but never campaign, and who often never vote for themselves. Out of hundreds of thousands of candidates in the … Read more
A 2017 decision in a lawsuit brought on behalf of the residents of Ilaje-Utumara and several other informal colonies show that government officials argued that they were illegal squatters and that the communities violated environmental laws and constituted a threat to security. The High Court of the State of Lagos revealed that the members of … Read more
Dacca, Bangladesh – La Maison du Camp de Genève where Md. Emon, now 18, was barely large enough to hold a bed. His family of seven people live there. In some cases, parts like this host up to three generations, with narrow passages separating housing. It is life for Emon and most of the Biharis, … Read more
Kampala, Uganda – In April, dozens of students gathered at the Kyambogo University Student Center. The chairman of the council then, Akiso Benjamin, called the meeting to fight against the growing frustrations of the university administration on issues such as sanctions for late registration, the missing academic results and students blocked by exams, despite the … Read more
Jakarta, Indonesia – The 13 female members of Dialog Choir meet at one of their houses in eastern Jakarta. They laugh during the breaks, but when they sing, tears run on their faces. “I imagine your face, mom,” go the lyrics. “I hope you are still healthy.” Utati Koesalah, one of the singers, wrote the … Read more
Manila, Philippines – It has been almost five months since the International Criminal Court arrested the former president Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity, but Dahlia Cuartero, mother of Jesus “Daboy” Cuartero, killed in 2019 in Duterte’s drug war, still cannot put her relief, his happiness and his grif. After six years, justice for his … Read more
Harare, Zimbabwe – With the Gold Up price overall, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in April put the gold coins that she stopped doing a year earlier on the market. But interested investors had to act quickly. In mid-June, the sale of coins of its accumulated actions was suddenly concluded and another chapter of Chaos … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine – It’s a quiet room. The people who took the trouble to present themselves are distracted: to shake, whisper or watch their phones. A hoarse drones voice for almost half an hour, reading in a disciplinary case examining the behavior of a judge. It is the highest judicial surveillance body in Ukraine, the … Read more
It is not new for Bulan, who grew up with a father who practiced the indigenous religion of Sunday Wiwitan, who was prohibited by the authoritarian government of Indonesia. Shortly after her death, she said, she began to explore her own spiritual journey, ultimately reversing Hai Rembulan (“Hello, Moon”). She believes that the moon plays … Read more