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Published in: oDRA moral interlude: Russian police suspend corruptionA strange thing is happening in Russia: the police have stopped taking bribes. It is all down to President...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBaton charged by police: on the frontline with the Black BlocOurKingdom's Associate Editor Ryan Gallagher issues a warning to the police over how they behaved in the aftermath...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnknown Soldier on the making of The Skinback FusiliersopenDemocracy is serialising the novel The Skinback Fusiliers over the next two months. Here, the anonymous author,...
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Published in: HomeObama's broken promises
The resumption of trials in Guantanamo and his 'war on whistleblowers' highlight the mismatch between Obama's words...
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Published in: oDRMedvedev’s Law on Police: a quiet revolution?A much-trumpeted Law on the Police comes into force in Russia today. Mark Galeotti considers whether it represents a...
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Published in: HomeNo real freedom without dismantling the secret political police
In Egypt, police officers are needed back on the streets, protecting civilians from thugs: not the SSI back in full...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFight Back! A Reader on the Winter of Protest
Read 'Fight Back! A reader on the winter of protest' here, and get all the latest information. The book is FREE to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK police undercover: a dangerous subplot
What the police infiltration of legitimate activist groups also reveals is a far more disturbing global phenomenon:...
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Published in: HomeWar theater: Black WatchRahul Rao reviews the play Black Watch, which has become one of the most celebrated contemporary "war plays" since...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKettling - an attack on the right to protestThe British police have developed a controlling method of containing demonstrators in addition to their usual...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain’s Child SoldiersThe British army is one of the few in the world that recruits under 18s. The forthcoming Army Bill offers the...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier's TaleopenDemocracy Russia now puts together in one document the 9 letters written by Tolya (probably not his real name),...
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Published in: HomeAmerica and Israel: a historic choice
The serious row between Washington and Tel Aviv is about far more than the construction of homes in east Jerusalem;...
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Published in: oDRDedovshchina: bullying in the Russian Army
While bullying (see our Soldier’s Tales) is common to all armies, the aberration that is dedovshchina in Russia’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe don't live in a police state, but we are going to be watched by aerial drones
Extraordinary plans by police in the UK to use unmanned spy drones to monitor antisocial motorists, protesters,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe politics of poppy day
Following the threatened demonstration of Islam4UK in Wootton Bassett, Lucy Noakes explores the fraught history of...
