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Peace, not diplomacy in the South Caucasus
If the primary concern is to establish peace in the region, then the central question is the social status of the people rather than internationally established political norms, such as territorial...
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Making human rights matter to the marginalised
Human rights organizations must adopt a new approach to produce positive change for - and stay relevant to - those who need advocacy the most. A way forward to make human rights a truly grassroots...
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Human rights from the bottom up: beyond the ideological export model
How do we understand the transformation of the global human rights movement in a multipolar world? "Endtimes" as Stephen Hopgood argues? On the contrary: the demise of human rights will only come when...
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The Snowden Fallout
In America, candidacy is reserved only for those who can afford it, betraying the essential democratic concept of choice. How has Edward Snowden's choice to sacrifice himself for his fellow citizens...
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Revisiting drug policy with toilet paper
Drug prohibition is not only costly, but violence inducing and ineffective. Is it not time to look to scrap the present system before any more people are hurt and money is wasted?Flickr/epSos.de. Some...
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The unsafe house of Italy: violence against women does not break for summer
Italy has just passed a new law offering better protection for victims of domestic violence. But will this be enough to work against the damaging effect of under-funded safe houses and public figures...
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The legacy of the indignados
Much has been written about the indignados, what was new about them and what is, or will be, their legacy. It is time to acknowledge that the indignados have redefined how – and where! – we engage in...
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On the trail of Britain's undercover police
Recent revelations have exposed the routine embedding of undercover police officers within environmental and social justice campaigns. But piecing together the public evidence on undercover police...
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Paraguay: Brazil’s dirty little secret
Paraguayans' resentment of their giant neighbour draws on both long memories and modern inequities. A shady new president may fuel not dampen it, says Andrew Nickson.Itamaratí, Brazil’s famed foreign...
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Totalitarianism as an object of fascination
The great public outcry and vehement criticism of American and British spy programs by western parliaments, NGOs, and the media clearly shows how great the distance still is between western democracies...
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Messiah or false prophet?
For the past month, Moscow has been following the fortunes of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny — trial, imprisonment, implausible release and continuing Mayoral ambitions. But can all really be as it...
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Landscapes of emergency
Landscapes of Emergency is a brief glance over the undeclared state of emergency that casts its shadow over the functions and the phenomena of public space in Athens (12 mins).Landscapes of emergency...
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NSA & GCHQ - hand in glove. Are you really surprised?
The level of surveillance across the US and the UK should not come as a shock to their citizens. To what extent is the nature of these actions rooted in history? Would even the most benevolent of...
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We can’t resist privatisation unless we reinstate the national
The tragedy of privatisation in England is that it is controlled by that of Britain. Those reactionaries who then focus on the issues with Britain are diluting their cause; we need to concentrate our...
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Floods in Sudan: intervention beyond community-based initiatives is needed
Charitable initiatives, like Sadaggat and Shariee Alhawadith, have been providing food and clothes as well as medical care for years. They offer much-needed assistance and an ‘alternative’ to the...
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Non-state actors in Lebanon
Combined with the warnings of the collapse of state institutions and proliferation of corruption as a result of the absence of the state, the vacuum of sovereign responsibilities is increasing. A...
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How did the crisis in Egypt snowball? (Part 2)
We could choose between opposing this new authority, boycotting it, or participating in an attempt to contain the damage to come. In other words, we had to choose the option that implied the least...
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Moral Mondays: the new face of protest?
"This is no momentary protest. This is a movement. We've been here before, and if slavery didn't kill us, if the oppression of women didn't kill us, surely no weak legislator with 86 votes gonna kill...
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English charity sector lobbied Hunt to keep controversial NHS privatisation...
Who benefits if charity leaders lobby for more competition in the NHS?Charity boss Sir Stephen Bubb lobbied alongside the head of a private healthcare trade group to persuade Jeremy Hunt to not water...
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Misunderstanding the mass politics of the rights mission
The problem with Aryeh Neier’s argument is that, historically, there has been no way to separate efforts to promote general human rights from rising groups’ political efforts to protect their own...
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