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Published in: HomeWhat can we say? On Prism, the Snooper's Charter, whistleblowers, spies and secret courts ...
In February 2009 the Convention of Modern Liberty gathered a distinguished crowd who cared about the issues raised...
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Published in: HomeHusby and territorial stigma in Sweden
This statement appeared at the beginning of June in the Swedish broadsheet SVD, calling for a public investigation...
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Published in: HomeThe diverse revolt of Turkish youth and the production of the political
Some of the banners read “we are not a political party, we are the people”, “we claim religion without AKP, Atatürk...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Kanak Attak: discursive acts of citizenship in Germany
Kanak Attak in Germany is an anti-racist collective of people with mixed ethnic backgrounds who aim to turn the...
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Published in: HomeLegitimating immigration regimes in the European Union
The threat that immigration poses to so-called western democratic values is increasingly the subject of...
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Published in: oDRA near doubling in Russian wiretaps over five years – and that’s only the legal stuff!
In a previous article, Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov asked who was bugging the Russian opposition. Here they...
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Published in: Shine A LightEight months after the English riots: young lives blighted by punitive sentencing
The punitive judicial response to the riots has left a lasting legacy of damage and stigma
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Published in: oDRProject_ID: Who’s bugging the Russian opposition?
The 2011-12 election cycle has seen the full catalogue of dirty surveillance tricks return to Russian politics, from...
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Published in: Shine A LightLondon riots: eyewitness view from Walworth Road
When a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe dangers of illiberalism call for a pluralist state
Paul Hirst explored one particular cause for the creeping authoritarianism of the liberal democratic state that he...
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Published in: HomeThe success of Islamophobia
Today, we see that the rules of western European racism are shifting. On the one hand, they are becoming less...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSurveillance does not make us safe
The UK is one of the most surveilled societies in the world along with North Korea. Is it all about solving crime?...
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Published in: HomeDangerous game: a reply to Gita Sahgal and her supporters
In the week following June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the co-author with Moazzam Begg...