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With LGBTQ+ rights in the spotlight, Hungary prepares for a political showdown

Upcoming referendum will be a test of opposition to Viktor Orbán’s ‘illiberal democracy’

By Daniel Nolan

/ 4 Aug 2021

With LGBTQ+ rights in the spotlight, Hungary prepares for a political showdown

Two years on, we’re still failing the victims of the El Paso massacre

The inconvenient truth is that we don’t care enough about the victims of such attacks to tackle white supremacist terrorism

By Matthew Feldman

/ 3 Aug 2021

Two years on, we’re still failing the victims of the El Paso massacre

India’s new trafficking bill undermines access to work and labour rights

The new Trafficking in Persons Bill is based on a wilful misreading of how work works in India

By Igor Bosc, Bharti Birla and Neha Wadhawan

/ 3 Aug 2021

India’s new trafficking bill undermines access to work and labour rights

Splinters: August 2021 – sallies into the here & now

This month: Spectacle of Terror 1...Oblivion adds tragedy to death...Dreams coming true... "No one really knows": practical knowledge and uses of ignorance...Bikinis or shorts – a matter of choice...When saying No isn’t enough: an aggrandizing identification

By Splinters collective and Irene Peroni

/ 3 Aug 2021

Splinters: August 2021 – sallies into the here & now

Why I’ve been dreading the anniversary of the Beirut port explosion

Since the explosion, Lebanon has slowly transformed into a living hell for so many

By Ghassan Hage

/ 3 Aug 2021

Why I’ve been dreading the anniversary of the Beirut port explosion

Egyptian researchers must choose between forced exile and arrest

The Sisi regime’s authoritarian clamp-down on Egyptian academic freedom has left researchers with some stark choices

By Nora Noralla

/ 2 Aug 2021

Egyptian researchers must choose between forced exile and arrest

Sarah Everard vigil: Police under fire over failure to keep meeting records

Police accused of being ‘allergic to public scrutiny’ after openDemocracy finds no notes taken at meetings before vigil for murdered woman

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 2 Aug 2021

Sarah Everard vigil: Police under fire over failure to keep meeting records

Afghanistan’s future path to be determined by a corridor of power

The expanding Taliban’s new bond with China across a narrow border is set to greatly impact the region, and further diminish human rights

By Paul Rogers

/ 1 Aug 2021

Afghanistan’s future path to be determined by a corridor of power

‘The only Black person in the room’: The truth about racism in Italy

This is a translated excerpt from Nadeesha Uyangoda’s memoir about what life is like for a person of colour in Italy todayThis extract includes highly offensive language

By Nadeesha Uyangoda

/ 31 Jul 2021