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Published in: Home"Less-lethal" weapons in Jerusalem: "The purpose of these bullets isn’t corresponding to the reality"Israeli photojournalist Tali Mayer, 28, was shot by a black-tipped sponge bullet while reporting on a demonstration....
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Published in: HomeHow should states manage assemblies in the new age of protest?With a sharp increase in protest around the world over the past decade, international and domestic standards for...
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Published in: HomeThis time, it’s differentPaul Mason’s Postcapitalism is a book for our times—and the decades ahead.
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Published in: openSecurityThe five pillars of IslamophobiaVague categories like ‘extremist’ and ‘radicalisation’ are trawling Muslims in a very large ‘counter-terrorism’ net.
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Published in: openSecuritySecuritisation not the response to deaths at seaThe European Union has responded to the humanitarian crisis presented by refugee deaths in the Mediterranean—but...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkey and the Armenian genocide: the next centuryFor the Armenian diaspora, today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day—but not in Turkey. Perhaps members of the...
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Published in: openSecurity‘Your face now looks permanently in pain’—awaiting sentence in EgyptThe sister of a US-Egyptian activist on hunger strike in a Cairo jail, whose cause has been taken up by Amnesty...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter the demonstrations ...The popular outpouring in France, taken with the climate marches in September with which it would not at first be...
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Published in: openSecurityBurkina Faso: where democracy has always run on protests and coupsThe military officer who has assumed power in Burkina Faso after protests dislodged its longstanding president has...
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Published in: openSecurityHong Kong: the stakes are highBeijing knows that the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong is not just about the future of the former British...
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Published in: openSecurityClimate summit, climate justiceThe climate summit called today by the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, will not bring the commitments...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt: time to end the diplomatic farceMany Egyptians are smarting from the betrayal of their revolution while the military-backed regime tightens its...
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Published in: openSecurityShadow of military looms large over Pakistan street protestsThe military is never far from politics in Pakistan—and it may be implicated in the latest political crisis, as...
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Published in: openSecurityWhy are police becoming more like soldiers?Militarisation of the police is a developing phenomenon, spreading into nominally democratic societies as the bonds...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt’s cover-upThe military-backed authorities in Egypt refused entry this week to two top officials of Human Rights Watch, seeking...
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Published in: openSecurityOn Israel-Palestine and BDS
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
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Published in: openSecurityArrested democracy: why Thailand needs a new social contractThe Thai military may think its May takeover has run smoothly but authoritarian dictates and an elite power monopoly...
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Published in: openSecurityTwenty-first century protest: social media and surveillanceThe internet is a two-edged sword—a vehicle for mass surveillance on the one hand and the organisation of...
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Published in: openSecurityHow Egypt can turn the tide on sexual assaultEgypt’s ruler, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has responded to the growing outcry over mob sexual violence against women in...
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Published in: openSecurityBrazil: a country of jangled nervesAs the World Cup opens, few Brazilians are heading for the beach to samba: behind the stereotype is a country which...
