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Amnesty International (AI) released a report Thursday detailing how people with disabilities have been overlooked in displacement camps throughout Turkey following devastating earthquakes which rocked the country in February. Following these earthquakes, over 100,000 people were injured, with many of them losing limbs or experiencing other life-changing injuries. An estimated 3.3 million people have been [...]

Mykyta Vorobiov is a student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He is currently in Zagreb, Croatia.  At the end of February, the Croatian Parliament adopted a law to help speed up reconstruction in the earthquake-affected areas. In 2020, Croatia experienced a few significant earthquakes, and for three years, the country has been unsuccessfully [...]

The Emergency Relief Coordinator of the UN Martin Griffiths Sunday declared that there has been a failure in the delivery of international aid to the people of northwest Syria. Griffith urgently calls for international support in the wake of a series of earthquakes that hit Türkiye, Syria, and the surrounding region. Two UN convoys with [...]

In the last few months of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s second term as president of Türkiye, he has faced multiple challenges, including the most severe earthquake in Türkiye in the last 80 years and an inflation rate of 85.51 percent (the highest in the last 25 years). Despite being in the highest executive position in [...]

The Turkish Bar Association called Thursday for any evidence of negligence to be preserved as earthquake debris is removed. In an open call to the Ministry of Justice, the lawyers said, “It is the primary duty of the state to take the necessary measures to prevent such disasters from happening again and to fight impunity.” [...]

Global internet monitor Netblocks reported Wednesday that Turkey has restricted access to Twitter in the aftermath of a series of earthquakes that hit Turkey, Syria and the surrounding region. The powerful earthquakes and their aftershocks have caused 11,000 casualties and widespread destruction. The Twitter restrictions came after Turkish authorities raised concerns about disinformation online without [...]

The Pacific Island Forum Wednesday expressed concern in a public seminar over Japan’s plans to discharge radioactive waste from reactors damaged in the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. Secretary General Henry Puna discussed the findings of an independent panel of experts on Japan’s plan and claimed that Japan’s assertion of safety lacks scientific [...]

Nepal is a least developed, land-locked Himalayan country wedged between India and China. After a long period of instability, it adopted a new constitution in 2015, creating a multi-party federal republic. Previously Nepal had been a unitary state, albeit with a long period of political instability and insurgency. The first election under the Constitution was [...]

Amid ongoing dangerous conditions in Haiti, the Biden Administration Monday extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States as of November 6. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension, which will allow Haitians who already have TPS to stay in the US for an additional 18 months, from February [...]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday announced a national fracking ban will be reintroduced. The short-lived Truss government lifted a 2019 fracking moratorium in September. Sunak stated he will stand “by the manifesto” of the former ban initiated by his own Conservative Party. Other Truss energy projects are currently set to continue. Truss eliminated the [...]