Human Rights

Mirna Al Sarhan* Introduction: On October 7th, a military attack was witnessed by the Al-Qassam Brigades, which was met with an Israeli counterattack after a state of emergency was declared. As the war continued, there were reports of an anticipated ground assault and significant changes in the internal and external dynamics. To analyze and understand the dimensions of the situation,…

Click here to download the full report In the wake of escalating tensions in Palestine, especially Gaza, the digital realm has seen an unprecedented surge in conversations and media coverage. These conversations offer a window into global perspectives, providing varied interpretations of the evolving situation. For this report, our team has embarked on a meticulous journey to capture, gather, and…

Absent from the Israeli and US discourse today are any moral or humanitarian standards for dealing with the people of the besieged Gaza Strip. As Israel’s Netanyahu government declared members of the Palestinian resistance to be “human animals”, many western governments gave Israel a green light to carry out brutal massacres and the war of extermination that is now underway.…

Samah Bibars* Within their camps, Syrian refugees face difficult economic and social conditions, which have become increasingly difficult as aid and funding to support Jordan in hosting them has declined. These difficult conditions would turn these camps into time bombs that could explode in the face of society at any moment, as they are a source of danger if the…

A group of passionate and driven Jordanian youth chose to take the lead and make a positive change in their community. Given the challenge of creating a digital video as part of the “Our Community Story” project implemented by the Politics and Society Institute in partnership with the US Embassy in Amman, they knew they wanted to highlight a critical…

Police brutality, systemic racism, social inequality, and a sense of marginalization have become increasingly prevalent in Western countries, and France is no exception. Recently, a tragic incident unfolded in Nanterre, France, where a police officer killed 17-year-old Algerian Nahel M. during a routine traffic stop. This event sparked widespread anger and protests, which unfortunately escalated into violence, looting, and clashes…

A few days ago, the Politics and Society Institute (in Amman) and the Tammy Foundation for Youth Development published the book, which I co-authored with the researcher Kamel Al-Nabulsi, “Youth Policies in the Arab Countries: What Has Changed After the Arab Spring?”, which is a comparative and analytical study of the policies of eight Arab countries. Towards youth (Egypt, Tunisia,…

       Tunisia is experiencing a new chapter of the political crisis, entitled: The independence of the legislative authority from political interests, a demand sought by the parties to the conflict, the president and his supporters on the one hand, and the judges and the human rights community on the other hand, President Qais Saeed announced in front of the Ministry…

Dangerous ISIS messages in Iraq and Syria Hassan Abu Hanieh ISIS has not disappeared from the Iraqi and Syrian scenes, as well as from the regional and international scenes, Since the end of its de facto caliphate in Iraq and Syria in 2019, the organization has launched about 5,000 attacks in Iraq and Syria, ISIS attacks relied on low-cost, simple…

In 2011, very few actors of the world believed the Syrian Government would survive the extensive Arab Spring uprising against the regime under President Bashar al-Assad. One decade and over 400,000 casualties later, the push for normalization of the Assad regime has never been more prevalent ...