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Published in: openDemocracyUKOf Tory leadership bids and “suspect populations”From Theresa May to Sajid Javid, Johnson and his rivals – and from Shamima Begum, to Prevent, to the “hostile...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy Jair Bolsonaro’s new security policy endangers the lives of black and marginalized womenBrazil’s new gun legislation and measure package for public security threaten to increase gun deaths and police...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why Istanbul’s rerun is a battle for the soul of TurkeySix summers ago, Erdogan’s social engineering efforts triggered their first major backlash in Istanbul. And this...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spain’s politicised legal system on trialThis is not fascism, but it is postfascism. The degree to which the law is used and abused for political purposes in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEnding the ‘war on drugs’ requires justice for the impoverished communities who grow themThe drugs trade is often portrayed as populated by wealthy individuals. The reality is poor communities targeted for...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#VazaJato in Brazil: Sergio Moro, political pawn of the far rightInformation recently leaked by The Intercept Brazil has provided evidence of the political plot of Sergio Moro and...
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Published in: HomeTurkey's local elections were not free or fairIf Turkey can hang on to the remaining threads of its democracy and the fractured political opposition can organise...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaClemency for the lowly, free passes for the mightyTrump has already pardoned one war criminal. Who else is in line for a possible pardon?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLos Moreco, a new type of criminal group in Costa RicaThe Revolutionary Movement of Organized Crime (MORECO) is a Costa Rican criminal group involved in drug trafficking....
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Published in: HomePreventing radical right extremism requires honesty, empathy and a whole society approach. Are we doomed to fail?We need to empathise with those we fundamentally disagree with. Is society ready for that?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe is criminalizing humanitarian aidPeople are drowning while politicians claim that avoidable civilian deaths are required for the defense of “European values”.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA timber laundering mafia ravages PeruThe mafia that makes trafficking of illegally-sourced wood possible in Peru is not made up of timber trade outlaws....
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Published in: oDR"We will grind you into dust": Russian activist Dmitry Pchelintsev on how he was tortured by the security servicesAs a high-profile investigation into alleged terrorism by Russian anarchists goes to trial, we publish an account of...
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Published in: oDRThe murder that didn’t happenOne year on from the “murder” of a Russian journalist that shocked the world, the promise of a transparent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Content moderation and censorship: can we handle a double standard?If we get it right, machine-learning could be useful in identifying hateful networks and building a complete picture...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Triple threat to transparency: a Brexit StoryAny discussion of propaganda and the 2016 European referendum starts with years of Euromythology and migrant-bashing.
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Published in: oDRUnder public stigma, families often force young women in Azerbaijan to marry those who raped themI spoke to Azerbaijani women’s rights experts to find out the real scale of the problem.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?It’s not so hilarious on the balconies of ItalyWhen a young woman embarrassed Matteo Salvini during another of his endless stream of selfies a week or so back: “do...
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Published in: HomeFresh evidence of Hungary vote-rigging raises concerns of fraud in European electionsControversial prime minister Viktor Orbán narrowly won a supermajority last year. Now counting officers allege...
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Published in: TransformationIt’s not prisoners but prisons that need rehabilitatingA new book sheds light on the past, present and future of incarceration.
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