Last week, 51% of Swiss voters cast their ballots in favor of banning women from covering their face completely in public spaces. Full facial veils will only be allowed in places of worship and for native customs and events, such as carnival. Face coverings worn for health reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic will, naturally, […]
On November 24th, what have become known as the ‘China Cables’ were leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). These Chinese Communist Party documents revealed that the facilities the Chinese government had labelled “re-education camps” in Xinjiang Province in the far West of China had been envisioned as brainwashing facilities from their conception. […]
Paris, that well-known city of freedom. Vive la révolution! L’Arc de Triomphe! Anyone who knows the ‘city of love’ or has seen Les Miserables will know that Paris is an epicentre for social change, empowerment, and freedom. The city comes to represent those classic French ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity it holds so dear. […]