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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkrainian journalist: ‘We cannot choose when we die, but we can choose how’
The only pity is that now we must spend all our energy and resources on opposing Russia instead of improving...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe US has no right to take money that belongs to the Afghan people
As Afghans sell organs to buy food, the Biden administration announces it will allocate $7bn of seized Afghan assets...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAt this time of tension, EU needs to remember Nagorno-Karabakh
A message to the EU (and the US): despite a possible escalation in Ukraine, don’t forget the other major conflict in...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe UK can sanction Russian luxury property. But will it?
As tension heightens over Ukraine, experts say targeting the Russian elite’s UK property would be difficult – and...
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs ISIS headed for a third wave of violence?
A recent attack on a prison in Syria and a massacre of Iraqi soldiers have left many fearing ISIS may soon resurface...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunnel warfare: the Islamic State’s subterranean war
ISIS fighters dug huge networks of tunnels under cities and across borders, as part of their ‘irregular warfare’...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureBrazil’s policing is a war of men. Civilians are caught in the crossfire
Rio de Janeiro’s security policy, led by a masculine logic of war, subjects people to authoritarian actions with no...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘My thoughts will kill me one day’: mental health crisis for Kashmiri women
Three decades of conflict in the Himalayan valley have resulted in a drastic surge in mental health issues,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGiulio Regeni’s murder speaks the truth about Egypt – and Europe too
France and Italy promote democracy and human rights while selling more and more arms to Egypt, where the student was...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkraine needs UN peacekeepers. Here’s why
The prospect of a UN mission in eastern Ukraine has never materialised. In the current deadlock, it’s time to reconsider it
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be found
Withdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWho would benefit from Russia going to war with Ukraine?
One of the less-discussed aspects of the current crisis in Eastern Europe is its huge sales potential
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerWhat you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Will Putin go to war? Can Ukraine defend itself? And what will the West do? Our expert briefing
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionDance and despair for India in memory of murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh
A birthday letter to a colleague and comrade explores the hatreds poisoning India and the hope and joy that Gauri...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan border
When the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhy are Northern Ireland’s women being silenced over Brexit?
Brexit is a disruptive force in women’s lives, yet patriarchy means their opinions are often discounted or ignored
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Published in: oDR: InterviewAnger, injustice and politics brought people to the streets in Kazakhstan
Exclusive: veteran human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis tells openDemocracy about how the tumultuous protests...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAn Iraqi in the capital of the US Empire
Do the people on the street in Washington DC know that their government decimated my home?
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerWe exposed ‘conversion therapy’, ‘abortion pill reversal’ and hate groups fundraising on Amazon – and much more
This is why feminist investigative journalism matters
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Published in: 50.50: Feature5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021
Time to celebrate! Here’s how women have made a difference across the world this year