Following the overturn of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which previously granted women across the United States the constitutional right to safely access abortion services, the country is facing a crisis. In the past months, … Continue reading
Tag: human rights
The Motivations and Implications of El Salvador’s Mega-Prison
At the end of February, President Bukele of El Salvador posted a video on Twitter that has since become viral and prompted divisive discussion. The video shows hundreds of detainees being transferred to the Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot)–a new … Continue reading
The Rwanda Deal: An Outsourcing of Refugees
On April 14, 2022, the then-British home secretary Priti Patel and the Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta signed a deal to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. Officially known as the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development … Continue reading
Human Rights in North Korea and the Advocacy of HanVoice
Western media portrayal of North Korea depicts an autocratic regime ruled by a dictator obsessed with the country’s nuclear weapons program. But is that all there is to North Korea? By not covering North Korea’s systemic human rights violations, news outlets undermine the graveness of the humanitarian crisis in the country.
The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media in the Face of War and Conflict
About a month ago, Russia declared war on Ukraine, launching its first attack on the country on February 24th. This sent thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing for the neighboring countries of Poland, Romania, Moldova, and others. To … Continue reading
Global Hegemony and Human Rights: Leo Clarke
Check out the sixth video from our Minute Thesis Series, published in the lead-up to the launch of this year's Chrysalis.
Human Rights Violations in Cuba as Nation Demands Change
This past July, Cubans took to the streets to protest against the current communist dictatorship under Miguel Diaz-Canel. In the months leading up to the protests, Cubans dealt with food shortages, lack of medicine, power outages, inflation, and inadequate … Continue reading
First Nations Communities Left in Shambles Following Catastrophic Flooding in the Southern Region of British Columbia
Starting November 14, the southern region of British Columbia has been hit by a historic amount of rain, which resulted in major flooding, flooding which devastated the area and put many communities in a state of emergency. Many B.C. residents … Continue reading
South Korea-Japan Relations: Will the Hostility Ever End?
The mutual animosities between Japan and South Korea remain hostile and unresolved, tied to lingering wounds that have not yet been healed from a century ago. The most critical dispute rooted in the history of these two nations is the “comfort women” crisis — tens of thousands of women across Asia, most of them Korean, were sent into military brothels to service Japanese soldiers as sex slaves.
Woman or Womb?: The Ongoing Exploitation of Chinese Women’s Bodies
In China, a lack of protective legislation against domestic violence and women’s lack of freedom and access to reproductive health is a major concern. Most importantly, and perhaps less acknowledged, is the decades-long, government-provoked trauma faced by women in China in terms of reproductive restrictions.