The UK Commission on a Bill of Rights seeks to unravel the disputes about national autonomy that have arisen from Britain's relationship with the European Human Rights Convention. Regardless of their findings, this inquiry should not be used as evidence to repeal the Human Rights Act.
Maxim Yefimov was an activist working in the field of human rights in Karelia, in the Russian Far North. Following criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, authorities attempted to incarcerate him in a mental institution. He was kept sane by the conviction he was doing right, but eventually the t
George Galloway’s provocative comments on rape are indicative of a wider tendency of electioneering among UK minority parties. As the voting system remains skewed in the interests of the two major parties, the competition for publicity is obscuring the space needed to formulate an alternative poli
While the Paralympics are meant to be a worldwide celebration of inclusion and tolerance, the fate of the Romanian team only highlights the country's poor record when it comes to disability and fighting discrimination.
An innovative Israeli-Palestinian collaboration offering regular analysis of middle-east affairs is ending regular publication after eleven years. Its co-editors, Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib, explain why.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Traffic, trash and training: building Libya’s future
Is the Syrian crisis spilling over into Lebanon behind the recent chaotic events? Events that occur on a semi-regular basis, when viewed in relation to the neighbouring conflict in Syria, warrant far greater attention.
In Libya learning is by rote and independent thinking, problem solving and analytical approaches are nonexistent.
Social tensions in Antioch, regular and relatively peaceful host to Alawites and Sunnis, have risen since the eruption of the Syrian conflict.
Offended by the people‘s choice in the recent elections, Tunisia’s elite have now declared war on the people and their political rivals.
Though you might quarrel with the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm the FJP, how will dissolving them “protect” the “rest” of the population?
After being rather selective in its narratives of modern Syrian history, western coverage is now spreading plots about sectarian divisions in a future Syria that has freed itself from the grip of authoritarianism
