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A new ARTE Reportage documentary exploring democracy and civic space in Kyrgyzstan offers a timely glimpse into the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations navigating an increasingly challenging environment. Among those appearing briefly in the documentary is Mamatkazy (Kazy) Rasul uulu, a current student in the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Sustainability (MAHRS) at Global Campus Central Asia.

Amid rising discourse among decision-makers and actors globally about the imminent return of Syrian refugees following the regime change in Syria, little attention is given to the perceptions of those concerned themselves. What do Syrian refugees think, and how do they view return? Students from the 2025–2026 cohort of the Global Campus Arab Master in Democracy and Human Rights (ArMA) at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) in Lebanon asked this question and provided some answers through a new report entitled Understanding the Non-Return of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, which challenges assumptions with data, empathy and rigorous fieldwork grounded in the voices of those most affected.

With the end of May, the 2025/26 cohort of the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (GC SEE/ERMA) concluded its mandatory internship period — one of the most distinctive elements of this one-year, full-time master’s programme run jointly by the University of Sarajevo and the University of Bologna.