DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Heshmat Alavi
105 United Nations Member States, including many from Europe, adopted a resolution on December 21st to establish a mechanism aimed at…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Donya Jam
Executions are continuing in Iran unabated. At least 42 inmates have been hanged by regime authorities during…
by Johannes Voswinkel
Russian NGOs are under pressure: They are hindered in their work with laws and checks by the authorities, paralyzed and driven to close down. External support is not only helpful, but vital.
In the…
by Yavuz Baydar
Turkish President Erdoğan's playbook never runs out of surprises.
Three most recent decrees meant that 649 academics were arbitrarily fired, and 83 associations were shut down, including the well-established Kurdish Insitute,…
DISCLAIMER : all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
By Hossein Abedini
The death on Sunday of the Iranian mullah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani marks a milestone in the…
by Joost Lagendijk
The EU-Turkey relations have been put to test on numerous occasions this year. In the first half of 2017 further political events of importance are to be expected which will set the path…
by Yavuz Baydar
If people hold their breath about Turkey these days, they are right. As the world shows strong signs of disarray, certainly the country has placed itself at its epicenter. It has…
by Robert Heslop
The sudden resignation of the UK's Ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, sent shock waves through the UK government, the British press and the Brussels circuit. The departure of one of…
by Yavuz Baydar
The arrest of Ahmet Şık, one of the boldest journalists left in action in Turkey, was not that unexpected.
He was targeted for some time and had already informed the public in a…
by Marie Shuqha
The United Nations Security Council has demanded that Israel needs to stop immediately with the construction of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Only the United States abstained in…