Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Education

One Woman’s School for Afghanistan’s Banned Girls

An estimated 45% of Afghanistan’s population, some 21.9 million people including eight million children, are projected to need humanitarian assistance in 2026. A country that…

1 June, 2026

 The History That Must Not Be Questioned: Russia’s War on the Classroom

The history textbook at the centre of the Amnesty report is not, in itself, new. It was introduced in 2023. What is new is the…

1 June, 2026

Schools as Bastions: Education in the Context of Displacement Eastern DRC

The two‑year US$10m initiative in Ituri emphasises safe infrastructure, teacher training, psychosocial support and catch‑up learning, measures that help stabilise communities and reduce recruitment into…

17 May, 2026

Left Behind: The Global Education Crisis

Progress since 2015 has slowed across nearly every region, with sub-Saharan Africa especially hard hit. In conflict zones, official figures almost certainly undercount the true…

26 March, 2026

Sudan Schooling Under Siege

Remote learning has been largely infeasible for most Sudanese children owing to infrastructure collapse and displacement, deepening a generational learning deficit with long-term humanitarian and…

26 January, 2026

Education Denied

International aid to education is slashed by $3.2 billion. 80% of this retreat stems from just three nations: the United States, Germany, and France. In…

3 September, 2025

Harvard Takes the Trump Administration to Court

The litigation is likely to involve protracted discovery processes, complex constitutional arguments, and appeals that could reach the Supreme Court. But the stakes are clear.

24 April, 2025

US/Universities and Politics

Columbia University vows to reject any Trump deal that Erodes its independence.

16 April, 2025

Philippine Students Strive to Reclaim Lost Learning

A series of six powerful storms battered the country between late October and mid-November, triggering widespread devastation. Entire towns were inundated, while landslides buried roads…

1 January, 2025