Let us be clear what we should be fighting against, and for.
Who will think of the EU as a global actor with normative power, now that it finds itself in the role of rubberstamping and in fact facilitating Turkey's slide into the abyss?
Europe needs to show that it actually cares about the cornerstones of democracy by putting pressure on Ankara to restore the free flow of information and ideas.
Russia has been conducting a war on terror for 15 years. No wonder counter-terror is a part of the country’s system of governance. RU
El enfoque prohibicionista ha ocasionado violaciones sistemáticas de derechos humanos y sufrimientos innecesarios. UNGASS 2016 es una oportunidad para un nuevo enfoque, basado en los derechos humanos y la agenda de desarrollo. English
Uno de los peligros de las medidas antidrogas del nuevo gobierno es que podrían permitir la intervención militar en tareas de seguridad interior. Un camino que, una vez emprendido, es difícil desandar. English
The regime has unleashed a wave of repression that it can no longer control. Power now lies in the hands of those that police local communities: Egypt’s new untouchables, the petty security officials.
“Everyone in the government, the state, wanted this to go unpunished. They thought I would never talk.” Eyewitness Clara Gómez González speaks out. Español
"We have to stop the war on drugs if we want to live in a safer and more just society". (3:53 minutes)
Populism, in other words, is the idea of a certain democracy in which illiberalism trumps liberalism.
Erdogan is not doing this just for the money. Turkey is legitimately concerned about its security situation and needs European and American help to resolve it.
