Questioning the intelligence: Obama's decision to supply arms to Syria

Bob Rigg 18 June 2013

The red line threshold has finally been crossed– but on unverified intelligence, encouraged by appetites for military intervention. It is Iraq all over again.

On Prism, the Snooper's Charter, whistleblowers, spies and secret courts - what can we say?

Rosemary Bechler 18 June 2013

In February 2009 the Convention of Modern Liberty gathered a distinguished crowd who cared about the issues raised by a growing UK surveillance state. Their words are worth revisiting today. 

Rainbow Russia

Sergey Khazov 18 June 2013

What is life like for gay men and women in Russia? Sergey Khazov looks at the country's gay infrastructure, and discovers a very fragmented picture.

ERT’s shutdown, social amnesia, and communicative entitlements

Rodanthi Tzanelli 18 June 2013

The Greek government’s decision to close ERT has been criticised in various activist channels as anti-democratic or even irrational. Yet these activists and opponents of the ERT decision are held together only by thin strands and, in truth, represent heterogenous and conflicting interests and agendas.

China, time to accept differences

Kerry Brown 18 June 2013

The scale of change in China, and the intriguing perceptions of China's elite, persuade Kerry Brown of the need to think afresh.

"Doublethink": the latest threat to women's rights in Spain

Liz Cooper 18 June 2013

George Orwell’s “1984” is alive and well in Spain as the Minister for Justice talks- up plans to deny women the right to an abortion, says Liz Cooper

The struggle for a truly grassroots human rights movement

James Ron, David Crow, and Shannon Golden 18 June 2013

Using cutting-edge human rights perception polls, the authors explore links between social class and domestic human rights movements in Mexico, Colombia, Morocco, and India. Social elites, they find, are better connected to human rights representatives than the masses. Translations: Español, Français. 

Britain - a house divided?

Jonathan Birdwell and Ramanjit Degun 18 June 2013

What does the data actually tell us about anti-Islamic violence post-Woolwich, and how do Briton's views of Islam and Muslims compare with the rest of Europe?

Abortion in Ireland - a small step forward

Ann Rossiter 18 June 2013

The death of Savita Halappanavar lifted the lid on the church, the state, and women's reproductive rights in the Republic of Ireland, and has been the catalyst for the new legislation on the rights of pregnant women proposed last week.

Limited liability - a fundamental breach of our rights?

Dan Plesch 18 June 2013

This is drawn from the remarks of Dr Dan Plesch at a meeting in the House of Lords chaired by Lord Phillips of Sudbury on Shareholder Accountability and a Fair Society.