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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Charlie Hebdo – one week laterIt has been exhausting having to confront the visceral divisions among us about the nature of what happened, the...
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Published in: HomeNo, we’re not all Charlie Hebdo, nor should we beI respect your right to show solidarity with the victims of this horrible crime by reposting those drawings, but...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How generalised suspicion destroys societyGeneralised suspicion is the ultimate destroyer of the social fabric: it thrives on betrayal, and fosters mutual...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDamascus’ stifled voice from the leftThe story of Syrian Revolutionary Youth: the rise and fall of a grassroots movement offering a third alternative...
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Published in: openSecurityNew security laws could make Turkey into a police stateThe latest crackdown on journalists in Turkey is another twist in the spiral into authoritarianism of a state bereft...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Extremism and 'Prevent': the need to trust in education‘Prevent’ is the part of the UK government’s counter-terrorism strategy designed to respond to the ideological...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRace and racism in modern TurkeyNinety years since the establishment of the Republic, in an ever more complex society, the limitations and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMoney where your mouth is: Salaita, freedom of speech, and the new market of educationI'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...
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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: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt, swallowing civil societyThe new draft law for NGOs proposed by the Egyptian state further narrows the space for civil society, and openly...
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Published in: HomeSyria on our minds – fear of youth radicalisation across the European UnionCounterterrorist and counter-radicalisation policies not only have the potential to undermine the democratic...
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Published in: oDRRuNet: the ‘Shit List’In ten years, the number of active Russian internet users has leapt from 3% to 48% of the population, and counting....
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Published in: HomeIn Turkey's political contest, rule of the law is the real loserThe events of the past three months threw a stark light on the way the AKP government and Gülenists used the justice...
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Published in: oDRSorting out the opposition in SamaraPeople protesting against the Russian annexation of Crimea in the Russian city of Samara have been subjected to...
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Published in: oDRIs Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law illegal?On 6 March the Russian Federation’s Constitutional Court began hearings on whether a law affecting thousands of NGOs...
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Published in: openSecurityEgyptian editors organise to confront media crisis
The military-backed government has sought to enrol journalists as foot-soldiers in its battle against the ousted...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Syrian resistance: a tale of two strugglesIn Syria, mixing violent and nonviolent resistance jeopardized people power, particularly when violence became the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe government's new gagging law is a serious attack on Britain's civil society
While doing virtually nothing to fix the real problems of money in politics, the government is trying to introduce a...
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Published in: HomeChanging three young Turkish lives
One of the greatest accomplishments of the protests, for these three individuals, was the chance to meet and...
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Published in: oDR‘Foreign Agents’ fight for survivalThe Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights has achieved much in fifteen years, but now, like so...
