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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe government must not give police more power over protestersAnd we need real change to how London is policed
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Turkey, two Facebook posts are enough to land you in jailIn a letter seen by openDemocracy Turkish Canadian PhD student Cihan Erdal says that he is a 'political hostage' -...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisHow all-powerful institutions keep Europe in gridlockThe European Union’s ruling bodies have always shamelessly grabbed power to themselves and away from the people –...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWho's surprised that the suspected killer of Sarah Everard is a policeman?The Met is a violent institution, so it’s no surprise that a policeman is being questioned about Everard’s murder....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France’s justice minister caught in a conflict of interestFacing action over corruption allegations, President Macron’s ministers are out to neuter the messenger
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Published in: 50.50: ReviewThese 8 stories are a feminist’s must-readFeminism comes in many forms across the world. These eight stories from last year highlight the fight, expose...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin AmericaThis year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationBenefits payments withheld from the chronically ill in COVID-19 government failure
The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationThe fight for cancer patients who were overlooked in Coronavirus failure (video)
A woman with leukaemia and a benefits adviser tell their story of a government failure that left seriously ill...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InterviewPrison has not discouraged Cuba’s leading dissidentThe human rights activist José Daniel Ferrer says recent protests have left the regime on the back foot.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEgyptian student of gender and religion jailed for terrorism on visit homeCrackdown on freedoms is intensifying with the arrest of Ahmed Samir Santawy – the latest student to be locked up on...
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Published in: Home: FeatureOne year after the Hanau massacre, victims’ families fight for justiceAlthough it was eclipsed by the pandemic, last February’s mass shooting revealed Germany’s failure to confront the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionKamala Harris, Angela Davis, and the US's failed revolutionIf the pandemic could be seen as our Reichstag Fire moment, then the attacks on the Capitol on 6 January 2021 might...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: InterviewHow we got here: the story of the Palermo protocol on trafficking'Human trafficking' didn't have to mean what it now does. This is the story of how it got its definition, as told by...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy we’re suing the Spanish governmentSpain is the only EU country to block Women on Web, which offers vital abortion information that the state has long...
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Published in: Home: OpinionTrump’s impeachment trial already shows how far US democracy has been underminedInstitutional deadlock in Congress indicates a deeper and far more worrying threat to rational debate among American citizens
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Published in: HomeThe largest personal data leakage in Brazilian historyWhy the rest of the world should be worried, and think hard about how to create a data protection culture.
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Published in: openIndia: OpinionIndia is turning to colonial-era laws to silence journalistsSedition charges are just the latest attempt by Narendra Modi’s government to undermine a free press. They must be opposed.
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Published in: HomeInside Mar-a-Lago: the secret history of Trump’s Florida retreatFor many years, the elite private members’ club has sustained the outgoing US president. But is it all about to fall apart?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The state of trade unions in the UKThere was never a better time to join a union, organise and fight for a fairer, greener world.
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