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Published in: openSecuritySpain: how a democratic country can silence its citizensSpain, one of the European countries at the sharp end of imposed austerity measures, has also been in the vanguard...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesRepression and digital resistance in the #CATALANREFERENDUMSuccess and failure in the use of digital tools in Catalonia’s rebellion; a calendar of events.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia: democracy and secessionThe Catalan question is not a national question, nor a question of a nation state, but a question of democracy.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What happened in Hamburg?Police and protests meet at the G20: a litmus test for freedom.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Violence from the future: on the logics of the G20 state of emergencyChaotic crowds, like natural disasters or terrorism, are perceived as ultimate threats. The excesses of the...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe digital revolution in Havana: between liberation and submissionHow might Cubans make actual the words of revolution, so that they recall not only past glory, but one that could...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Aristides de Sousa Mendes: a light in the darkAristides de Sousa Mendes chose his conscience over his orders. His altruism should be an example for all those...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaYou must respect fear"The best protection that a journalist can have is probably to keep on publishing stuff, to keep on waging a public...
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Published in: oDRFor Russia’s students, the price of protest can be highStudents have featured prominently in Russia’s latest wave of anti-corruption protest, and now they're facing...
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Published in: HomeSilencing dissent: digital capitalism, the military junta and Thailand’s permanent state of exceptionIn the last three years of military rule in Thailand, prosecutions for defamation, sedition and computer crimes...
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Published in: HomeLiu Xiaobo and the struggle for democracyA moment of silence for Liu Xiaobo's death, and the cause of personal freedom in China.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe character of citizenship: denying the rights of asylum seekers and criminalising dissentRefusing citizenship on grounds of 'character' reflects the criminalisation of global political dissent and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia10 years on: Jordan’s anti-terrorism law and the crackdown on dissentIt is now time that the authorities stop labelling all those who dare speak their minds as “terrorists”.
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Published in: TransformationDealing with Muslim dissentThe solution to extremism lies through strategies that enable rather than constrain the space for Muslim free expression.
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