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Therapists backed by US groups tell LGBTQ Costa Ricans that homosexuality is ‘wrong’

Foreign affiliates of Focus on the Family and Exodus Global Alliance promote anti-gay ‘therapy’, openDemocracy investigation reveals

By Stephania Corpi, Diana Cariboni and David Chavarría Hernández

/ 24 Nov 2021

Therapists backed by US groups tell LGBTQ Costa Ricans that homosexuality is ‘wrong’

I travelled around Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is what I saw

As an Iranian woman, I understood the fear and oppression facing Afghan women. I had to tell their stories to the world

By Mahzad Elyassi

/ 24 Nov 2021

I travelled around Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is what I saw

Islamophobic raids hid Austrian government failure to prevent a terror attack

While the Austrian government busied itself with its Islamophobic agenda, its intelligence services missed vital intelligence about a real terrorist attack

By Nehal Abdalla

/ 24 Nov 2021

Islamophobic raids hid Austrian government failure to prevent a terror attack

Дважды репрессированные. Истории семей, которым помог "Мемориал"

Иск Генеральной прокуратуры в Верховный суд РФ о ликвидации "Международного Мемориала" поднял в России волну протеста. oDR поговорил с людьми, которые при поддержке "Мемориала" смогли восстановить историю своих семей.

By Наталья Шкуренок

/ 23 Nov 2021

Дважды репрессированные. Истории семей, которым помог "Мемориал"

Go private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients

Patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s largest-ever reader survey has found

By Caroline Molloy

/ 23 Nov 2021

Go private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients

99% of calls to UK’s Afghanistan evacuation helpline were never answered

Exclusive: Home Office failed to answer almost three million calls, as Afghans fleeing Taliban say UK government ‘did not care’ about them

By Martin Williams

/ 23 Nov 2021

99% of calls to UK’s Afghanistan evacuation helpline were never answered

How the UK’s East and South-East Asian communities are fighting COVID-related violence

Migrant and diaspora communities are coming together to respond to a rise in racist violence

By Diana Yeh

/ 23 Nov 2021

How the UK’s East and South-East Asian communities are fighting COVID-related violence

I am a child worker. Hear me

Child workers in India have been suffering under the pandemic. Let them tell you what could help them cope

By The Concerned for Working Children

/ 23 Nov 2021

Keeping memory alive: the vital work of Russia’s Memorial organisation is under threat

Russian prosecutors are threatening the existence of an organisation dedicated to the independent preservation of historical memory and human rights

By Editors of oDR

/ 23 Nov 2021

Keeping memory alive: the vital work of Russia’s Memorial organisation is under threat

England’s Vagrancy Act must be scrapped. But will its replacement be any better?

Any solutions to end homelessness must be work in collaboration with the people whom they are designed to help – not against their will

By Owen Clayton

/ 22 Nov 2021

England’s Vagrancy Act must be scrapped. But will its replacement be any better?

Raisi’s first 100 days: a bad omen for what lies ahead for Iran

Hopes for a better future for Iran, amid resumption of talks on the nuclear deal, seem slim while the regime remains mired in its tired old theocratic ways

By Mehrdad Khonsari

/ 22 Nov 2021

Raisi’s first 100 days: a bad omen for what lies ahead for Iran

Rosemary Bechler, 1951-2021

Rosemary, a founding editor of openDemocracy, has died. We invite those who knew and worked with her to post their tributes

By Anthony Barnett

/ 21 Nov 2021