Murtaza Shaikh

Murtaza Shaikh is Head of Law at Averroes (www.averroes.org.uk), an independent and non-partisan think tank. He specialises in minority rights, conflict prevention and freedom of religion.

Can democracy and genocide co-exist in Burma?

The treatment of Rohingya may be a detail in the general opening up and wooing of a state known for its unspoilt and unexploited natural resources. But what about western media?

By Murtaza Shaikh

/ 22 Nov 2015

The prolonged detention of Babar Ahmad is a failure of both politics and the law

As Babar Ahmad looks set to face extradition to the US for his alleged involvement with a jihadist propaganda website the eight years he spent in detention testify to a disgraceful manipulation of loopholes in the British legal system.

By Murtaza Shaikh

/ 26 Sep 2012