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Published in: openSecurityThe violence of denialTwenty-one years since the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in South London, the criminal justice system maintains...
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Published in: HomeThe thin blue line between security, policing and the arms trade
On March 12-14 the quiet English town of Farnborough will play host to the Security & Policing conference and...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond Yasukuni: Japan's march towards militarism
From constitutional revisions to education reform, the Japanese government is intent on undoing the country's...
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Published in: openSecurityWhite-washing the water cannon: salesmen, scientific experts and human rights abusesScrubbing away the white-wash of 'less lethal' riot control reveals a history littered with humanitarian disasters,...
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Published in: openSecurityIn search of security: "as transgenders we don't count at all"
Film: An organiser for transgender rights from The Humsafar Trust discusses insecurity and everyday experiences of...
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Published in: openSecurityExtending a hand or raising a fist to the state?From mobile phones to crowdsourced election monitoring, an in-depth look at how communication technologies are...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence visited on Cambodian garment workers
Cambodian garment workers make around $80 a month, taking on long hours of overtime in harsh conditions. Now workers...
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Published in: openSecurityDoreen Lawrence, police spies and institutional racism
Allegations of police spying on anti-racism groups shed new light on the meaning and operation of 'institutional...
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Published in: openSecurityLocal surveillance since 2001The almost exclusive focus on the NSA obscures the degree to which surveillance has become integrated into almost...
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Published in: openSecurity"There is Marikana everyday in South Africa" - an interview with Abahlali baseMjondolo
Film: Struggling for the right to decent housing and against the criminalisation of poverty, South African shack...
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Published in: openSecurityThe over-policing of America
The purview of the US criminal justice system appears to be widening: from school child 'bad behaviour' to a...
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Published in: openSecurityThe numbers in black and white: racism in the policing of drugs
Each year the UK police are disproportionately stopping and searching large numbers of Black and Asian people for...
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Published in: openSecurity"Our self-confidence is the main reason for police harassment..."For adivasis in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, economic exploitation and social degradation go hand in...
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Published in: openSecurityUnreformable: an end to stop-and-frisk in NYC?
Under Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelley stop-and-frisk has been a racist technology of control...
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Published in: openSecurityBorder patrol international
The U.S. border is no longer static and 'homeland security' no longer stays in the homeland: it’s mobile, it’s...
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Published in: openSecurityMI5 in Ceylon - the untold story
Britain's collusion in the Sri Lankan state's violent tactics of repression is finally coming to light. But it's...
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Published in: openSecurityFootsoldiers in a social war: the police, crime and inequality in South Africa
What does it mean to declare a 'war on crime' in one of the most unequal societies in the world? And how does...
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Published in: openSecurityThe heavy hand on Venezuela's streets
Faced with soaring levels of crime and violence, Venezuela's government continues to militarize the police. The...
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Published in: openSecurityIn search of security: "My reasons were Mark Duggan and Ian Tomlinson"
Film: Experience of policing the community you have grown up in holds real challenges for an ex-Special Police...
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Published in: openSecurityIn search of security: "Violence upholds public order"
Film: In this interview, direct experience of London's Metropolitan Police has led to a focus on non-compliance as a...
