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Switzerland
Euroviews. Switzerland risks giving Iran the impression it can commit acts of terror with impunity ǀ View
The closure of a criminal case into the assassination of an Iranian exile in Switzerland risks giving Iran the impression it can carry out similar alleged acts in the future with impunity.
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World News
Euroviews. EU values are the remedy to COVID-19 disinformation campaigns ǀ View
Russia and China have been identified as the main actors behind a widespread disinformation campaign during the COVID-19 crisis. The EU now has an opportunity to counteract fake news by promoting its freedoms and principles.
USA
Euroviews. How to keep global superpowers China and the US from riding roughshod over human rights ǀ View
Despite their differences, China's Xi Jinping and US president, Donald Trump have in common their dislike of any global effort to hold them accountable for their behaviour, including on human rights.
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Euroviews. We have an opportunity to tackle human rights challenges post-COVID-19. We need to take it ǀ View
COVID-19 has brought with it a health emergency of global proportions. This has presented a huge challenge to national leaders, to health systems worldwide, and to citizens. It also became an excuse for human rights violations that are showing few signs of diminishing.
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Euroviews. Africa is enslaved in debt. Black lives should all matter, whether in Minneapolis or Mombasa ǀ View
Black Lives Matter protests have spread throughout the world, but in Africa, the demonstrations are a reminder the struggle for racial equality has by no means ended for most Africans.
Germany
Euroviews. Germany needs to do more to tackle the climate crisis. It has a chance now to take the lead ǀ View
This month, it caused consternation by opening a new coal-fired power station. As it prepares to take over the EU Council presidency and chair the UN Security Council next month, could Germany finally step up and take the lead on the climate crisis?
China
Euroviews. China is stamping its mark on the post-COVID-19 world as a new global order begins to emerge ǀ View
China's provocative moves in Hong Kong, and the ensuing US response, reinforce the bilateral US-China rupture and formalises the establishment of a new global order that will define the remainder of the 21st century.
Philippines
Euroviews. Children have become collateral damage with the Philippines’ “Drug War” scarring a generation ǀ View
Filipinos cannot expect justice from the perpetrators of this slow-rolling massacre in the name of an anti-drug campaign. The UN’s top human rights body should send a strong rebuke to the Duterte administration when it meets in Geneva this month.
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Euroviews. COVID-19 shows why political and economic power needs to be moved away from capital cities ǀ View
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, it is becoming clearer that the centralisation of resources is a bad solution in fighting the spread of the virus. In Europe, that means moving power away from capital cities to the regions.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Lockdown loneliness is going to have a worse long-term impact on teenagers’ mental health ǀ View
Surveys are beginning to shed light on the impact that the lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 is having on mental health and well-being. Early findings from these surveys suggest that loneliness is a particular problem for teenagers.
Hungary
Euroviews. Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades ǀ View
Despite there being laws in Hungary that protect LGBT people from discrimination, the recent bill to end legal recognition of transgender people passed by parliament would undermine such laws and leave transgender people open to prejudice.
Hungary
Euroviews. Csaba Molnár: Orbán demanding an apology over the return of emergency powers is a cruel joke ǀ View
For us, who trust institutions rather than “good emperors,” Orbán’s Enabling Act remains unconstitutional, even if it was ultimately revoked. And so, instead of applauding his greatness, we remember the words of the Trojans: “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!”