Legal practitioners in foreign jurisdictions, Canada, are starting to see refugee claims for political protection flowing out of Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities are even resorting to measures such as requiring journalists to get prior authorization for conducting interviews and filming citizens.
The economic crisis, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, has made life for migrants in Lebanon even worse.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US President Donald Trump have both floated conspiracy theories related to COVID-19, namely,...
The Lebanese revolution’s success cannot only be measured by how many people are protesting.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s main judicial organ, ruled in favour of Qatar on July 14, 2020 in an appeal brought by its neighbouring states during a three-year-long air blockade dispute. The ICJ rejected the appeal by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
While Lebanon has historically attained a reputation of maintaining a bare minimum of press freedom, it now seems to have adopted the “Arab Tyrant Manual.”
A 60-year-old man died by suicide this morning on Hamra Street, where a Lebanese flag, a clean judicial record, and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may (or may not) begin to lead cabinet discussions concerning the proposed annexation of the West Bank this month. Media outlets, largely Western, have reported on this possibility, and its fallout, breathlessly. They have given utterly confusing accounts of the annexation of Palestine, and even...
As the economic crisis keeps unfolding & corruption remains rampant, having free voices is essential to properly understanding public needs.
Delve into colonialism, the arrival and persistence of blackface in the region, skin bleaching creams, and unlearning racist practices in the Arab World.
While Grand corruption is not in the list of core international crimes over which the ICC has jurisdiction, the Court can investigate crimes against humanity.