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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: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s police: a department of thugsIronically, the protest which was peaceful and demanded freedom for political detainees and an end to the "protest...
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Published in: TransformationI was arrested 75 times: how violent policing destroys mental healthPolice harassment drove me into hospital. Why aren't we questioning their tactics? This is the final article in...
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Published in: openSecurityBarton Moss: policing in the absence of democracyViolence has been a running theme within the policing of anti-fracking protests at Barton Moss. Individual officers...
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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: openSecurityViolence visited on Cambodian garment workersCambodian garment workers make around $80 a month, taking on long hours of overtime in harsh conditions. Now workers...
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Published in: Shine A LightRace, class and the price of policingMetropolitan Police officers assaulted two protesters, then claimed they had been attacked. Video footage exposed...
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Korea: rail workers, repression and resistance
An almost unreported strike in South Korea, which has just come to an end, epitomises how a ‘free’ market can be...
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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: 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: openSecurityDisruption policing: surveillance and the right to protest
From overt, intrusive surveillance to 'network demolition': disruption is central to the strategies of...
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Published in: openSecurityPolicing Bahrain: the long arm of the British
Just after the Arab Spring was brutally crushed in Bahrain, Britain's John Yates, the former Assistant Metropolitan...
