How to respond to xenophobic populism; Trump meets Merkel; Syria carnage & safe zones; Brazil's 'Killer Goalkeeper'; Duterte, Bishop & 'War on Drugs'; Protecting schools from military use; 1 year of disastrous EU-Turkey deal; Crackdown on Kurdish opposition in Turkey; and St Patrick's Day speech goes viral...

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Populist radical right parties have the wind in their sails, the argument goes, boosted by Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential elections. But how big a threat are radical populists really?
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, has met United States President Donald Trump for the first time, in Washington DC...
Security forces in Syria have engaged in fierce clashes with rebels in Damascus over the weekend, after a week of carnage in the war-torn country. A number of leaders and governments have suggested creating 'safe zones' to protect civilians and stem the flow of refugees. “Safe zones are billed as a way to spare civilians the horrors of war, but all too often they become magnets for the fighting,” comments HRW's James Ross.
The early release of 'killer goalkeeper' Bruno Fernandes de Souza from prison in Brazil exposes the widespread problem of deadly domestic violence in the country, according to HRW's Amanda Klasing and César Muñoz Acebes.
Question of the day: were human rights and thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' 'War on Drugs' discussed during a meeting between president Rodrigo Duterte and Australia's minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop? Duterte says no, Bishop says yes after their talk in Davao City, birthplace of Duterte's infamous death squads.
Countries around the world take measures to protect students, teachers, and schools from the harmful consequences that can result from the use of schools for military purposes during times of armed conflict, according to a new Human Rights Watch report and video, released today.
Exactly one year ago today the infamous EU-Turkey deal was implemented. When will the authorities in Greece end the disastrous containment of asylum seekers on Greek islands?
The government in Turkey has jailed 13 members of the pro-Kurdish democratic opposition in parliament on terrorism charges and taken direct control of 82 municipalities in the Kurdish southeast region, suspending and incarcerating elected mayors, Human Rights Watch said in new research released today.
And a St. Patrick's Day speech by Ireland's prime minister Enda Kenny on the value of immigration, in front of Trump, has gone viral...
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