Thirty years on from the end of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, war veterans are having to deal with contemporary conflicts in their search for friendship and recognition.
The events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing dissenters across its former empire for decades.
Five years on, the role of local people in Russia’s annexation of Crimea has been underestimated. Yet their help was vital in seizing the peninsula for Russia.
Episode 6 of a podcast series about the socio-political climate faced by Syrians and their host communities through their own eyes as the pressure rises for refugees to return to Syria.
During Colombia’s armed conflict, human rights defenders (HRDs) fought to promote human rights in the crosshairs of competing illegal armed groups. Often, the State was either absent or contributed to the problem.
Durante el conflicto armado, los defensores de los derechos humanos colombianos lucharon tanto en territorio controlado por los grupos armados como por el Estado. Hoy siguen siendo objeto de violencia.
Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.
El Congreso de Guatemala está creando una nueva ley que daría amnistía a miembros de las fuerzas armadas acusados de crímenes como secuestro y violación durante la guerra civil. English
Members of the Guatemalan congress are trying to create a law that would provide amnesty for members of the armed forces accused of war crimes such as kidnapping and rape during the internal conflict. Español
