In the last few years the terms “refugee”, “asylum seekers”, and “immigrants” have been widely used in mass media to refer to people who don’t belong to their country of residence. However, there are crucial differences in these labels that …
Navika Mehta is a former Features Editor of Trinity News. She is a PPES graduate.
Trinity’s academic freedom fighters
How Trinity students can help scholars wrongfully convicted worldwide
The right to speak out and publicise what one believes in is essentially a privilege. Even within democratic countries, there are varying levels of this freedom. Journalists are often targeted by their states and attacked for speaking up. Not only …
A frightening reminder of the past
Navika Mehta discusses the similarities between “India’s Daughter” and the Belfast rape trial victim
Content Warning: Sexual Assault
Wednesday afternoon, after finally submitting my essays last minute, I checked my phone and the first thing I saw, was a notification from Irish Times. It said: “Four cleared of all charges in Belfast rape trial.” …
