by Jonathan Thatcher | 31 May 2022 | Conflict, Eyewitness, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Ukraine
Dictators can be loathed. But their abrupt departure from office can trigger turmoil because they have put themselves alone at the centre of power. U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 June 2021 (Saul Loeb/Pool via...
by Bernd Debusmann | 4 Apr 2022 | Conflict, Europe, Human Rights, Immigration, Refugees, Ukraine
More than two-thirds of the world’s population live in nations that have not denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some Cold War bonds endure. A screen showing results from a vote in the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution condemning Russia’s...
by Theodor M. A. Davidoff | 24 Mar 2022 | Discovery, Europe, Identity, Personal Reflections, Politics, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
My grandmother has spent her entire life in Georgia. The Soviet Union was not all bad, she said, but Georgia’s dawning independence was beautiful. My grandfather and grandmother, Ellen Bagdasarian Davidova, getting married in 1967 “My name is Ellen Davidova,...
by Jeffrey Mo | 16 Mar 2022 | Conflict, Culture, Europe, Identity, Refugees, Ukraine, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Thousands of miles from war in Ukraine, Canadian students study the language, culture and religion of their ancestors in Eastern Europe. Protesters demonstrate against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 27 February 2022. (Jason...
by Jill Moffatt | 8 Mar 2022 | China, Human Rights, Sport, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
China is spotlighting the Paralympic Games and winning medals. But do its broadcast coverage and athletes’ success mask inequitable rights? China’s athletes parade at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, 4 March 2022. (AP...