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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrapped in CubaDespite constitutional change in Cuba and an apparent increased focus on human rights, violations continue to happen. Español
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France – state violence: when does democracy cease to exist?Democracy is fragile. Sometimes this is the case surprisingly closer to home than our fellow Europeans realise.
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Published in: openJustice“I didn’t know I could be illegal”: the policies that target rough sleepersRecent history shows that we must remain vigilant in preventing attempts to unlawfully target and deport EU rough...
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Published in: Global ExtremesGermany: Is banning far-right groups enough?The case of far-right group Combat 18 has prompted a wider re-examination of far-right extremism and the utility of bans.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationDeprived of their future: the children who have to fight for an educationLocked in a constant battle for the treatment they are legally entitled to, more than a million children with...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionPrevent and Countering Violent Extremism usher in ‘whole society’ surveillanceQuestions on Countering Violent Extremism cannot be confined to isolated issues, when this is the language through...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Enduring the deep-rooted racialization of RomaWhen Orban describes challenging segregation as a violation of “the people’s sense of justice”: where is the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLuanda Leaks and the limits of liberalism: can anti-corruption work?Critique of corruption must explicitly disrupt corporate globalism, imperialism, racism, authoritarianism,...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionPortugal’s complacency towards corruptionInstitutional corruption and institutional racism have gone hand-in-hand in Portugal’s establishment enablement of...
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Published in: openIndia: OpinionThe darkest decade for Indian democracySince taking power Narendra Modi has dismantled the nation’s secular traditions, but there are signs Indians have had enough.
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe monstrous unity of American immigration politics: protection as persecutionThe 600 miles of existing fence structure along the 2,000-mile-long southern border is literally made of remnants...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion8 reasons why Northern Ireland must stay on the news agendaThe British media forgot about Northern Ireland until Brexit (phase 1) made them notice it again. It would be a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNot just a job: the complicity of health and medical personnel in post-9/11 torture is a stain on my professionPsychologist and architect of the CIA torture programme James Mitchell gave evidence last week. A consultant...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A new type of conflict: France’s ongoing struggle for pensionsOver 60% of French people support the strike that has lasted longer than any other such protest since May 1968. Why...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrumadinho disaster, year 1: corporate impunity and European justiceVictims of environmental crimes in Brazil seek redress and justice in European courts when one year of the collapse...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Eyes wide shut: collective punishment of Roma in 21st-century Europe75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, despite the EU Framework for Roma Integration which closes this year,...
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Published in: 50.50I’ve defended hundreds of LGBTI people arrested in Uganda. Our laws must change – but we need public acceptance tooWe can fight for equal rights through the courts, but we need to do more – it’s ordinary citizens who murder LGBTI...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Chilean October: neoliberalism was born and will die in Chile?The chilean protests in October 2019 highlighted the tensions between neoliberalism and democracy. How will Chile...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?To truly honour the victims of the Holocaust, let’s fight hate every day“The fight against hate is a challenge that must be met every day, not once a year.”
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Where are my rights?” African refugees vs. UNHCR in LebanonA new episode unfolds in the long history of tensions between African refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and UNHCR.
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