Photo Source: Amnesty By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Up Front Whenever there has been a military junta ruling a country, and making amendments to the constitution, a repression is almost inevitable. The regime in Thailand seems one of those brutish examples: the Thai regime had attained power in May 2014. Before this, 2006 military coup made news headlines. A year later, in March 2015, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha replaced the Martial Law Act of 1914, with Section 44, which made him enjoy full impunity, without any accountability from the judiciary, administration and the legislature. The Thai government, in their official narratives, argues about the freedom, they have given to their people, through the constitution, most notably, in the 1997 amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees an addition of forty rights, as compared to fewer rights that were drafted in the 1932 Constitution. However, many countries including the United States, Japan, the European Union...

Photo Source: Ansamed By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront W hen   a new nationalist movement was born in Europe, advocating the creation of a Jewish state in the First Zionist Congress of 1897, its delivery resulted exodus of about 750,000 Palestinians who were made refugees in the Nakba of 1948 from Palestine, which was actually the part of Ottoman Empire. The end result was the enmity between native Palestinian Muslims and immigrating Jews from Europe. The concept of being away from their land still emphasises their right to return - the most basic humanitarian law. It has been on the list of many leaders, most recently, in John Kerry's framework of peace, who actually wanted a quiet diplomacy in the Arab region. Politically, the Oslo Accords of 1993 and Taif Agreement of 1989, were actually jolted by the intifada of the common people.  In 1940, the British actually ended the mandate of Palestine and left the country on 14th May 1948. The ruling Jewish lead...