Philip Heijmans

A demonstrator holds a copy of the Polish Constitution

Poland forces Supreme Court judges into early retirement

July 3, 2018Conflict & Justice

Poland enacted a controversial new reform to its Supreme Court forcing nearly 40 percent of its judges into early retirement in what observers say is the latest in a string of attempts by the nationalist government to control the country’s judiciary system.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018.

In anti-migrant push, ‘Stop Soros’ laws passed in Hungary

June 20, 2018Conflict & Justice

Election campaign posters for the leader billionaire politician Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, reading: "Stand up against corruption and stop babbling."

The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe’s last liberal democracies

October 20, 2017Global Politics

Hard lessons from Myanmar, five years after Cyclone Nargis

July 30, 2016Agence France-Presse

Myanmar’s most dazzling and dangerous festival (PHOTOS)

July 30, 2016Lifestyle