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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy does the conviction against Lula threaten the rule of law?The problem with Lula's conviction is the use of criminal proceedings as a political toolset with a long-standing...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaShooting LulaDevelopments in Brazil show that the fight against corruption can coexist with a weakening of democratic and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaProtesting in GuatemalaGuatemala has witnessed massive social protests against President Jimmy Morales and the connivance of 107 lawmakers...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLenin Moreno, Rafael Correa and the bull in the China shopA lot of people in Ecuador have been hurt over the last ten years by Correa’s bull headed attitude to getting things...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhere is Brazil heading to?Political turmoil has become the new normal in Brazil. After Dilma Rousseff´s impeachment, Lula da Silva´s...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael: a turning point in anti-corruption efforts?A new attorney general seems to have adopted a tougher line on investigating allegations of political corruption.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInsecurity under Egypt's ‘security’ forcesAbuses are systemic despite regime attempts to portray them as 'isolated'. People have much to fear from the police...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon's foreign minister under fire: a comment on Gebran Bassil's real estate holdingsIn order to promote accountability, the Lebanese public and journalists have to abide by a code of conduct that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill Iraq's prime minister implement Al Sistani’s anti-corruption dictates?The wave of protests sweeping across Iraq has led Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani to demand that Abadi get serious...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: transitional justice in the crosshairsA proposed 'economic reconciliation' law will provide impunity for corruption and economic crimes, threatening the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow corrupt is the House of Lords?The list of scandals is astounding, but many don't make the front page of the Sun on Sunday.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption: the Tunisian transition's worst enemyThe key to facing the challenge of radicalisation, while maintaining and making tangible the democratic gains since...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPutin still has plenty of friends in LondonIf we take a brief look back at our history of “getting tough” with Russia, we can see where our political and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill Prince Charles' "heartfelt interventions" extend to arms sales?The Prince of Wales and his family have a shameful record of collusion with the British arms industry.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho cheered Mubarak’s acquittal on?Less than four years have passed since the people of Egypt revolted against a tyrannical regime. Those tyrants have...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria’s presidential elections: a litany of failures by the political class has wasted a golden opportunity for change
Taking place sixty years since the Algerian revolution, today’s presidential elections presented the perfect...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBritain and Bahrain: still allied against democracy and human rights
An interview with Maryam al-Khawaja, a leading Bahraini human rights activist, on the continuing protests in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey’s local elections, Erdoğan and the spectre of Gezi
People in Turkey are being forced to see the world as a zero-sum game between Berkin and Burakcan, to embrace one...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitics makes biased fools of us all
With tapes of voice recordings of Erdogan being leaked, whether they are authentic or not, what we believe today is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe unbearable burden of being an intellectual in today’s TurkeyThe motto 'we will let neither the assailants nor the sufferings they have inflicted upon us determine our future'...
