OPINION: Qatar’s local queer groups are neither hopeless nor helpless. They are already fighting for their own rights

With the World Cup over, the migrant workers who made it possible are asking: where next?

Exclusive: Conservative Friends of Israel funded 155 trips in a decade, more than any other group or government

Many of the migrants who built World Cup infrastructure in Qatar are still waiting for their last pay cheques

Organisations supporting migrants in Turkey say they face increasing hostility in the run up to 2023 elections

Exploitation is often one facet of children’s attempts to navigate an increasingly divided world

Qatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on

This COP made no clear commitment to decarbonisation and stopping the climate disasters that cause loss and damage

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openDemocracy analysis reveals extent of Qatar’s charm offensive in the decade leading up to the World Cup

With instability in Iran, a right-wing government in Israel and new Gulf alliances, the region may be ripe for war

Climate chaos is destroying these people’s communities. They travelled to COP27 to demand justice for loss and damage

US firm Hill+Knowlton is helping Egypt organise this week’s UN climate conference – while representing oil giants

The Home Office previously admitted it was under pressure to open new centres quickly even if locations were ‘unsafe’

The US agency has a “shameful track record of spreading disinformation” but has been hired by the Egyptian government

Hear from members of the refugee LGBTQ community in Turkey, here to talk about their group From All Over

Iranian women outside Iran have an important role in the protests against the regime, explains one activist

A conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp

ANALYSIS: The UK’s role in the sale of Newcastle United shows we are little more than a laundry for dirty money

Gerry Grimstone vowed to take Premier League plan to top of Saudi government, documents seen by openDemocracy show

Western focus on Ukraine has eclipsed reporting on escalating Jihadist activity across the Sahel and East Africa