As the bearer of an underlying democratization process in Turkey with all its paradoxes, AKP still goes unchallenged insofar as the different groups of opposition who became visible in Gezi Park still cannot put forth convincing arguments to win the “50 per cent”.
Anything concealed from citizens, which also has absolute power over them, may be legal, but is not lawful. Do democratic states really need the secret services?
Xiaoyu Pu’s article notes that Chinese foreign policy – including human rights negotiations – seeks “common ground while preserving differences.” This reflects a world lacking in moral authority, the author suggests, and China could do better. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerg
We need a good reason to watch the stalking and slaughter of women, endlessly. And for this reviewer, Alan Cubitt didn't provide one.
The BBC needs to make a principled shift of resources in its drama offerings; less than it has spent in recent years in disposing of surplus bureaucrats.
We Jews have a duty, and an urgent one at that, to think through what religious freedom means.
As this conflict wears on, both the regime and the militias fighting it begin to resemble one another. For war-weary Syrians the only difference seems to be in the colours of their flags.
The model for addressing women’s human rights, South and North, differs greatly from the definition of human rights originally promoted by the corporate human rights entities and, indeed, still promoted by many states and institutions. A response to Stephen Hopgood’s claim. A contribution to the o
