Europe tightens return rules. Can it enforce the safeguards?
EU ministers gave final approval to the new Return Regulation in Luxembourg on 1 October, strengthening governments’ powers to remove…
Balochistan- Billions Below, Questions Above
On September 24, 2026, Reuters placed Balochistan on a much larger global map: the race for critical mineral resources. At…
PEC expresses concern over Afghan media outlets’ closure
Geneva, 14 September 2026: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the closure…
Suppression of Aurat March: How patriarchy, power and religion assault on women’s rights
Some images refuse to fade with time. That image was difficult to ignore then, and remains difficult to erase from…
Xi Jinping’s Tyranny in Tibet: A Frontier of Darkness
Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing’s heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repression has metastasized into something far more…
The Failure of China’s Invasion of Tibet
When the Chinese Communist Party marched into Tibet in 1950, it declared the move a “liberation.” In reality, it was…
The Broken Promise of Pakistan to Balochistan’s Flood Victims
On August 11, 2026, the World Bank expressed serious dissatisfaction with the way Pakistani authorities were handling funds linked to…
August 11 and the Minority March: Confronting Pakistan’s Broken Promise of Equal Citizenship
On August 11, Pakistan observes National Minorities Day, a date chosen to commemorate Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s historic address to the…
The Broken Promise: How Beijing Reversed Its Agreement on the 11th Panchen Lama
A Rare Moment of Consensus. In the mid‑1990s, an extraordinary moment of consensus emerged between Beijing and Dharamsala. Both sides…
Empires Wax and Wane: Tibet and the Limits of Beijing’s Assimilation
The sweep of history reminds us of a simple truth: no empire, however mighty, is permanent. Rome, the Ottomans, the…
