Month: June 2019
From declassification to decriminalization: the long road to LGBT equality in India
In September 2018, LGBT people in India celebrated after the country’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down a colonial-era ban on gay intimacy. This judgment legalized the sex lives of an
Read MoreWhat is happening in Sudan?
Recently, social media has blown up with support for Sudanese protesters. Many have been sharing information about the crisis and urging people to inform themselves. Online, Western media has faced
Read MoreOnline, In Line: Cuba’s Internet Liberalisation Only a Small Reason to Celebrate
Last Wednesday, Cuba’s Ministry of Communication announced that as of July 29, business owners and citizens of the island nation will be permitted to set up private Wi-Fi networks within
Read MorePeruvian Farmers Forced into Coca Production
The so-called War on Drugs, declared by Richard Nixon in 1971, has been a long and unsuccessful attempt to tackle the trade in drugs in the Americas. In the late 1960s and
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