
Europe elections 2019: a compilation of articles
Euro-election results 2019: a wake-up call to traditional parties – openDemocracy The path to electoral victory in Salviniās Italy: Open opposition to the pope –

Bolsonaro attacks against universities: compilation of articles
Walking toward the cliff – Inside Higher Ed Bolsonaro’s budget cuts in Universities – Inside Higher Ed In Brazil, a Hostility to Academe – Inside

Sexuality in the 2019 Indian elections: compilation
Rainbow wave: record number of LGBTs running for office in India – The Times of India Riding the rainbow: first Lok Sabha elections since Section

Abortion rights in dispute
Alabama’s abortion ban is about keeping poor women down – The Guardian Trump fulfills his promises on abortion, and to Evangelicals – The New York
CAS ruling against Caster Semenya: compilation of articles
Caster Semenya ruling ‘tramples on dignity’ of athletes, South Africa says – The Guardian Statement on the CAS/IAAF discriminatory ruling against Caster Semenya – IRANTI

#MeToo in India: case against CJI Ranjan Gogoi
India chief justice Ranjan Gogoi’s accuser quits sexual harassment inquiry – BBC Woman who alleged sexual harassment by CJI Ranjan Gogoi withdraws from committee proceedings

Ratzinger letter on the Church’s sexual abuse scandal: compilation of articles
Full text Pope vs. Pope: How Francis and Benedict’s Simmering Conflict Could Split the Catholic Church – Vanity Fair Pope Francis Under Siege by Bannon,

New Arab Spring across North Africa: news and analysis
Will second Arab Spring go away first? – National Interest What revolutionaries in the Middle East have learned since the Arab Spring? – Counter Punch

Brunei Penal Code reform adopts sharia law
The Sultan of Brunei: opulence, power and hard-line Islam – The New York Times Will Brunei’s anti-LGBT Sharia law spread across Southeast Asia? – CNN
Feminist resistance against the 2019 WCF
Christian right summit in Verona draws massive protest – The Guardian Women cross borders to confront the far right in Italy – openDemocracy International anti-LGBT,

