ISRAEL BULUS writes on the recent media chat by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in which he condemned alleged arbitrary arrests, remarks that have reopened a heated debate over his eight ...

In December 2025, newspapers in India carried an arresting, dystopian image: scores of young people sitting obediently in rows on an airstrip in the eastern state of Odisha to take an exam. Over 8,000 ...

Close to 2 million agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and rural residents are expected to benefit from the PHP28.243-billion bridge-building initiative approved by the Department of Economy, ...

Abuse and Exploitation of Cotton and Wheat Farmers in Uzbekistan,” documents abusive conditions under which these farmers ...

The Uzbekistan government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system, Human Rights Watch and Uzbek Forum for Human Rights said in a ...

All agricultural land in Uzbekistan belongs to the state and is leased to farmers on a long-term basis. About 70 percent of ...