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Conflict reporting – are injuries no longer news?

The true impact of war – particularly on people injured by explosive weapons – is being obscured by increasingly patchy reporting.

By Iain Overton

/ 29 Jul 2019

Conflict reporting – are injuries no longer news?

In the age of extinction, who is extreme? A response to Policy Exchange

Extinction Rebellion’s program is coherent and necessary, we should defend it from the right-wing think tank's attacks.

By Simon Mair and Julia Steinberger

/ 23 Jul 2019

In the age of extinction, who is extreme? A response to Policy Exchange

Think tank won’t reveal who paid for report calling Extinction Rebellion ‘extremists’

Police officer previously linked to Stephen Lawrence spying controversy accuses non-violent environmental group of wanting to “break up democracy”.

By Adam Ramsay

/ 18 Jul 2019

Think tank won’t reveal who paid for report calling Extinction Rebellion ‘extremists’

Global press freedom - a downward spiral

It is not enough to call for journalists not to be assassinated, imprisoned or exiled – these actions are symptoms of a more fundamental failure.

By Nik Williams

/ 11 Jul 2019

Global press freedom - a downward spiral

Las mentiras de Bolsonaro

¿Es fascista el gobierno de Bolsonaro? A la vista de su antisemitismo, presión a la prensa y persecución de disidentes políticos, un ex Diputado a la cámara de representantes brasileña sostiene que no hay duda de que esto es así.

por Jean Wyllys

/ 10 Jul 2019

Bolsonaro’s lies

Is Brazil's government fascist? Given its anti-Semitism, stifling of the press and persecution of political dissenters, a former MP argues that there's no room for doubt.

By Jean Wyllys

/ 10 Jul 2019

Are China’s facial recognition trials really the example the Met police want to follow?

“Each face is algorithmically cast over with suspicion, checked against the authority’s blacklist”.

By Silkie Carlo

/ 10 Jul 2019

Are China’s facial recognition trials really the example the Met police want to follow?

Facebook and policing the war of narratives

Abdul Baset al-Sarout's death brings the Syrian war into cyberspace.

By Abir Kopty

/ 8 Jul 2019

Facebook and policing the war of narratives

England's NHS is embracing 'big data'. But who’s really benefiting?

As the new NHS app launches this week, huge questions remain about what happens to our private health data - now a key focus of Big Tech and US trade negotiators.

By Phil Booth

/ 3 Jul 2019

England's NHS is embracing 'big data'. But who’s really benefiting?

Cien años después de la Primera Guerra Mundial ¿nos encaminamos de nuevo hacia el abismo?

Con motivo del aniversario del fin de la Gran Guerra, deberíamos reflexionar sobre sus causas, consecuencias y lecciones. English

por Saladdin Ahmed

/ 3 Jul 2019

Cien años después de la Primera Guerra Mundial ¿nos encaminamos de nuevo hacia el abismo?

Former cabinet members protest against Bolsonaro and his government

Five former ministers of culture become the latest group of politicians to sign manifests in opposition to Jair Bolsonaro’s policies. Portuguese

By openDemocracy Supporters

/ 3 Jul 2019

Former cabinet members protest against Bolsonaro and his government

Populism and the fear factor

What do political leaders such as Viktor Orban, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Vladimir Putin, the Kaczyński brothers, Mateusz Morawiecki, Chávez y Maduro, Cristina Kirchner, Evo Morales, Matteo Salvini y Giuseppe Conte all have in common? Español

By Adrián Rocha

/ 2 Jul 2019