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During a solidarity march in a show of support to the Iranian people marking the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, on 11 February 2023, a demonstrator in Paris denounces Iranian Police action targeting dissidents’ eyes. Now in early 2026, in Iran’s latest law enforcement crackdown, hundreds more victims have suffered deliberately inflicted eye injuries. Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP

Iran’s crackdown: why security forces are shooting demonstrators straight in the eye

Iranian police deliberately fire at the protestors’ eyes. A deeply rooted act of repression that is older than the Islamic Republic itself.
On 4 May 2016, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to stop issuing 500 euro notes. The number of these notes in circulation will fall from 614 million at the end of 2015 to just under 220 million by mid-2025. DerkachevArtem/Shutterstock

How cocaine traffickers launder cartel money

The disappearance of 500-euro notes and the creation of bitcoin have led money laundering networks to pay drug traffickers in cryptocurrencies and ship cash to Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
Sacramento - June 9, 2025: CHP officers watch the crowd during the Stop Deportations, Citizenship for All rally at California State Capitol Park. Conor P. Fitzgerald / Shutterstock

Denaturalization in the Trump era: When the State questions the citizenship of millions of Americans

Under Trump, US citizenship is again a political battleground, as expanded denaturalisation grounds threaten decades of legal protections for millions of naturalised Americans.
The lion is the mascot of the Olympique Lyonnais football club. Here, in 2012, striker Bafetimbi Gomis celebrates a goal wearing a mask bearing the lion’s image.

From stadium to the wild: Sports clubs as new champions of biodiversity

Animals feature in sports club logos and become mascots, but their actual populations are declining. What if we turned this sporting attachment into concrete action?

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