Yacout Benmansour Hassani

Yacout Benmansour is a first-year Politics and International Relations student. (Connect: LinkedIn: Yacout Benmansour ) Introduction On January 4, 2026, the Taliban unveiled what it termed the “Criminal Procedural Regulations for Courts”, a legal code that represents arguably the most comprehensive architecture of state-sponsored gender persecution in modern history [1][2]. As the regime meticulously codified the absolute erasure of Afghan women from public life, an intense legal frontier...

Yacout Benmansour is a first-year Politics and International Relations student. (Connect: LinkedIn: Yacout Benmansour ) Introduction The 'Gen Z 212' protests represent a significant fracture in Morocco’s social contract. In September 2025, youth-led demonstrations erupted following the death of eight pregnant women, exposing a crumbling public health sector. It is estimated that at least 3 people have been killed and over 400 arrested as a result of the initial crackdown[1]. While Morocco...