Ninety journalists, activists and civilians across Europe have been illegally spied with an Israeli spyware called Graphite. Three of the ninety people have come forward: Francesco Cancellato, Luca Casarini, and Husam El Gomanti. They have one thing in common: they have all been critical of the conduct of the Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni. […]
A silent battle rages on in the bustling city of Accra. The struggle for LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana has reached a critical juncture, highlighting severe human rights violations that have captured global attention. The approval of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill by the Parliament of Ghana on February 28, 2024, marks a […]
It is 25 January 2011, the day of the Police celebration in Egypt. A. D. is 17 years old and has stepped onto the streets with his uncle in Fayoum, a city very close to the capital to protest against the police, the persecution of activists, artists and all political dissidents. However, protests in the […]
“I was insulted, tailed and offered ‘helicopter rides’, a reference to the way they used to throw disappeared prisoners into the sea during the Chilean dictatorship”. Maria Rivera, a Chilean lawyer and activist, described the climate in Chile during the Estallido Social, the social demonstrations that broke out in 2019 and continued during the COVID-19 […]
In December 2023, Chileans were asked to vote on a new constitution written by right-wing parties after the failure of the 2022 referendum, which proposed a constitution written by the left. The result was no different, however, and the new constitution was rejected by 56 per cent. Interviewed by The Bottom Up, Vicente Rodriguez, a […]
Dear friend, At last, I am writing to you. I have wanted to do it since January or maybe February, not for you, but for me. It is not with anger or hatred that I write to you, perhaps not even resentment. I breathe a quiet calm; it tastes of fatality. In these […]
For the pseudo-Kantian optimists who see humanity’s intent in a process toward the better, here is a statistic that you too will find alarming: gender equality is 132 years away. In 2154 women will flock into parliaments, fill heads of state summits, lead most of the more profitable companies, lead immense multinational corporations, and be […]
Prostitution “is officially acknowledged as a form of exploitation of women and children and constitutes a significant social problem, which is harmful not only to the individual prostituted person but also to society at large” (McCarthy et all, 2012; Honeyball, 2014). Prostitution involves almost 42 million people worldwide. Since most of the sellers are […]
Sunday evening, small provincial town. Two friends sit on a terrace and chat. Both have been raped. The next day, Monday afternoon, Padua. Three girls drink coffee in a bar, they all come from different countries. All have been raped. Of these four, two have been raped more than once in their lives. Of these […]
This month, the couple who lives across the street have had two fights. Both times, from my apartment, I have heard screaming, crying, and crumbling things. When they fight, they don’t speak Italian. During the first fight, however, the woman yells “help” in Italian several times. My roommate calls the police to explain the […]