By Jessica Reed
Last Tuesday Britain discovered the tragic story of Gina Satvir Singh, a young ex-bride caught in an arranged marriage for months in 2004. She had been
Last wednesday a somewhat inapt room in north London was crammed full of members of civil rights groups, gathered to discuss one fundamental mutual aim: the launch of a campaign
Last night, openDemocracy won the New Statesman New Media Award for independent information. Isabel and Anthony are away this week, so I went along to collect it.Here's
The transcripts (pdf) of the latest meeting of the International Council (the overarching body of the WSF) in March include an interesting discussion between IC members on the learnings from
By Malcolm Siret
The BBC headline reads: 'War crimes could have been committed in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza, a senior UN official has said'.
There is no question
About 100 student journalists will be attending a summit on international news this weekend organised by Americans for Informed Democracy and supported by openDemocracy. It's not too late
Preparations for the 2007 WSF in Kenya are underway. The Nairobi team have their website up and running (!) and have just initiated an "online consultation" of the "
When the president of the People’s Democratic Republic of Congo wants to make sure he is reelected, he does two things. First, he takes control of the state media
By Jennifer Trak
Downloading music from the internet has become second nature for most people. But now you can't swing a cat on the web anymore without hitting
By Jessica Reed
A couple of days ago I blogged about how the Indian blogosphere had proved to be incredibly helpful for thousands of Internet users wanting to talk, share,
By Malcolm Siret & Jessica Reed
The force with which Israel has hit back at the Lebanese people - for acts carried out by the Shia Muslim organisation Hezbollah (now with
By Maryann Bird
Like the earth itself, the debate on global warming and how to address the challenges it presents is heating up in Britain. Turning up the gas, of
