Democracy At Stake: Trump’s Vociferous Support for Sisi
President continues to praise Sisi’s disputed achievements despite international condemnation and criticism of Sisi’s human rights records.
Öcalan’s Birthday and the PKK’s Day of the Dead
According to HDP Law and Human Rights Committee Spokesperson and Batman deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran, the 335 convicts who started hunger strikes as of 16 December, 2018 are currently in critical condition.
What’s the Real Motivation Behind Reforms in Saudi Arabia?
audi authorities have recently arrested eight human rights defenders who were supporting the women activists whose trial was widely condemned by international human rights groups.
Turkish Foreign and Security Policy at the Crossroad
The EU has been the main determining factor, if not only one, behind the consolidation of Turkish democracy, including civil-military relations and basic human rights.
The Fate of Syria’s Constitutional Committee
Engaging in talks preceded by confidence building measures including the release of prisoners and excluding those responsible for committing gross human rights violations from the political process are critical to ensuring the success of any political efforts towards peace.
Turkey’s Secularists and Separatists Hand in Hand to the Ballots
However, presenting the HDP as a main supporter of universal human rights is mere ultimate wishful thinking.
To Counter Turkey, Saudi Arabia Backs the YPG in Syria
As officials in Ankara, along with human rights and civil society organizations worldwide, refuse to drop to Khashoggi file, Riyadh’s support for the YPG can trigger further escalations of tension in Turkish-Saudi relations at a dangerous time for the region, as well as for the bilateral relationship.
The End of the Liberal World?
” In the countries that practiced and propagated it as epitome of dignity and human rights, “democracy” effectively meant élite rule in the form of representation, often in its plutocratic version.
The Link Between Brexit and Turkey’s Dashed Hopes of Being an EU Member
The EU has an immigration problem which is fueling populist parties and – once again – the carrot and stick approach by Brussels towards Ankara to reform its human rights dossier has been revealed for being fake and nothing more than a conduit to assure European voters weeks ahead of EU elections in May that Turks will not be arriving by the millions into dilapidated job markets like in France.
What Awaits Venezuela: A Military Coup or a Civil War?
Accordingly, while it is true that some issues have been experienced in democratic processes and some human rights violations have been observed in the country, although they do not reach a level to undermine the legitimacy of the administration, it is not an ethical policy to intervene in another country’s internal affairs - let it be the U.
Islam in the UAE’s Foreign Policy
Internationally, there is growing skepticism of the UAE’s claims to stand for tolerance and openness, especially following the international media’s growing attention to the case of imprisoned Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor, against the backdrop of the Matthew Hedges case in 2018.
Ambivalent Policies and the Loss of Western Values
With no surprise, the "value-oriented" EU states did not address topics like dictatorial military regimes within Arab states, the repression of political movements, and the abuse and lack of human rights, the number of political prisoners and the lack of freedom of speech and rule of law in the hosting country.
Tortures, Executions, and Sisi’s Unlimited Credibility in the West
Despite all the humanitarian crimes the Sisi rejime has been committing, Sisi has kept his good relations with the West undamaged from the coup up until today.
Turkey Seeks for an Effective Public Dispute Resolution Mechanism
000 applications from citizens in various areas such as public personal management, education, youth, labor, social security, economy, health, environment, and human rights.
Egypt’s Rise in the African Political Landscape: A Regional Power?
However, human rights abuses and the undemocratic practices of the Egyptian regime continued after Sisi’s election as president in 2014 and still continue today.
Anti-Refugee Sentiment Ahead of Turkey’s Local Elections
The exclusionist discourse adopted by the representatives of the main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Iyi Party, does not only overstep the limits of political ethics, but also demonstrates that these parties violate fundamental principles and humanitarian aspects such as charity, justice, human rights, and the right to live.
Hunger Strikes for the PKK’s Imprisoned Leader Ocalan
Most recently in past September, the European Court of Human Rights decided on the application of Ocalan’s lawyers, regarding the allegations of maltreatment and torture.
How the European Union Continues to Generate Poverty and Migration in Africa
They are not after Europe’s voluptuous cities or life-style, but after a decent humane livelihood – snatched from them by neo-colonialism tactics, global corporations and an imposed dysfunctional post-colonial nation-states structures.
The Exchange of Threats on the Opposite Side of the Taiwan Strait
Though China has been proving to be a global power in terms of economic modernization, say, liberal capitalism, the country is definitely facing an incoherent condition in terms of undemocratic values and human rights abuses, which do not go hand-in-hand with the fundamental aspects of the global economic system.
Can Germany’s Non-Permanent Seat at the UN Security Council Bring Reform?
” Besides these topics, it seems obvious that the Federal Government will push to “take on a wide spectrum of duties such as disarmament, crisis transformation, crisis prevention, human rights, as well as climate, security and health policy, to give but a few of the most important examples.
