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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisKilled in the line of duty: the catastrophic deaths of 14,000 Iraqi officersHow and why are so many police officers being killed in Iraq?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisAttacks against women justice defenders threaten rule of law in GuatemalaWomen judges and prosecutors trying to combat political corruption and impunity face harassment and persecution from on high
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisJair Bolsonaro is betting on chaos in BrazilMore than 100 impeachment requests, a corrupt government, and a fatally mismanaged health crisis. Yet the president...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionMy sister Daphne was murdered. We want justice for women journalists
Corinne Vella, sister of Daphne Caruana Galizia, spoke on an openDemocracy panel about her sister’s struggles and...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionUganda’s sexual offences law is a bitter lesson for the women’s movementWhy did women MPs support a new law that entrenches oppression?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionSelahattin Demirtaş: the trial of the man who wanted to be Turkey’s presidentAfter more than four years of being held in a pre-trial detention that the ECHR ruled ‘unlawful’, Demirtaş is due to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion‘My father’s life is in danger for defending Bahrain’s freedom’Human rights advocate Ali Mushaima calls on the British government to stop using taxpayers’ money to fund a...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIn pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedomSeven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local electionsAs the rest of the opposition crumbles, the party traditionally on the fringe has become a viable alternative that...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisBiden’s first 100 days: still ‘America First’The president has surprised many critics, but he needs to go much further
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationThe mother penalty: the women short-changed by a government support scheme (video)
The COVID-19 support scheme for self-employed people discriminated against mothers. We hear one woman's story and...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19
For many artists, the pandemic has confirmed that the government either doesn’t care about the arts or is actively...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCould a UN treaty force mining companies to behave responsibly?As business continues during a global pandemic, the need to protect the environment, health and human rights are...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionA triple pandemic strikes the Ecuadorian AmazonA year on from a devastating oil spill, many Indigenous communities are still without clean water, and contaminated...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionCOVID-19 is spreading among Bahrain’s prisoners of conscienceAs the main supporter of Bahrain’s repressive regime, the UK should join the protests against human rights abuses in...
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Published in: Home: OpinionUS retreat from Afghanistan escalates neighbours’ scramble to fill the gapThis next stage of the endless war will only lead to more suffering as new players jockey for position while the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsPolice arrested non-violent Palestine activists under terror legislationMembers of Palestine Action were questioned under counter-terror legislation for deploying non-violent tactics used...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureLatinas for marijuana! Meet the women fighting to decriminalise cannabis in MexicoFeminists say new proposals to legalise the recreational use of cannabis must go hand in hand with women’s rights
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Bolsonaro’s politics of hate wants to destroy all that Marielle represents’Monica Benicio, the former partner of human rights activist Marielle Franco, murdered in 2018, explains how she is...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘I lost everything’: COVID-19 and the UK’s Hostile Environment policyMigrant workers and human rights organisations say the Home Office’s failure to respond to the pandemic has left...
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