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The terror watchdog that failed to bark - Britain's secret justice legislation
Why did the terror watchdog with 'unrestricted access' appear to have only limited access to the security files on the government's secret justice bill, now shamefully going through parliament?For...
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Hope of a migrant
'Domestic work is the beginning of all labour; it is central to our lives and is at the heart of our economy and society.' Three years on from her award-winning article 'Cry of a migrant', Marissa...
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Security industry provides medics for UK deportation flights
The UK government entrusts security company rooted in the military with medical care of detainees on deportation flights.The UK Border Agency has contracted a controversial security company to provide...
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Building resistance in Hebron
In the face of growing spatial securitisation and colonisation of Hebron's occupied old city, a set of community initiatives have emerged which seek to build resilience, protect human rights, and...
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Backlash against Bangladeshi bloggers
The bloggers of Shahbagh are facing a backlash – hunted by fundamentalists, denounced in mosques as atheists, arrested by the government. Those abroad are under threat. Meanwhile activists are still...
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Job vacancy - OurKingdom, Deputy Editor
OurKingdom is looking for a new Deputy Editor, with a view to becoming a full Co-Editor. Details and how to apply below. OurKingdom, the British section of openDemocracy, is looking for a Deputy-Editor...
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Risk and revelations: on leaving OurKingdom
After two and a half years as Co-Editor of openDemocracy's British section, Niki Seth-Smith is leaving OurKingdom. Through intimate reflections, she gives an insight into the project, Britain's...
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Underrated legislations: Arab parliaments could play a crucial...
Arab parliaments have traditionally played a largely ceremonial and self-serving role in politics. But now, they must take a leading role in the renewal of democracy in the Middle East.The Egyptian...
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Guns, drugs and dollars: getting global drivers of local violence on the...
Leaving violence and conflict off the post-2015 agenda is a clear signal that countries want to keep the door towards increasing international accountability for the use of violence as closed as...
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Bliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door
Self-awareness and cultural pride are very important. But are they to be centrifugal or centripetal? The ideologization of this issue is probably inevitable. Our columnist tackles the Berber question,...
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Syrians deserting the FSA: Faust wants his soul back
The reality is that opposition militias and the official army have reached a military stalemate – one step forward and one step back as progress on one front is checked by loss and retreat on...
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The link between immigration policy, labour markets and exploitation in the UK
The UK government’s commitment to tackling trafficking for labour exploitation is being undermined by its immigration and labour market policies.Last October, thirty Lithuanians were found working...
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Is there any austerity in the UK?
The Coalition is not cutting the deficit, while many on the right argue that spending is rising. So what's the real picture? The director of centre-left think tank IPPR gives his analysis on whether...
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UK surveillance law: a warning, and a call for a different future
The British are being tracked, more than we have ever been. A new report sets out what this means for the everyday citizen, and calls for more targeted, more accountable surveillance laws. From the...
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No-go areas and arms deals
With a worsening human rights record that includes the alleged torture of both British and Emirati citizens, shouldn’t this visit also be a chance to raise issues of concern with the president of the...
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How the cookie crumbles: Putin's anti-corruption crusade
Vladimir Putin has long paid lip service to the notion that his government should address the problem of corruption. Is his new campaign for real, or will it be more of a shootout between corrupt...
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The youngest face of Italy’s old politics: Enrico Letta’s “grand coalition”
Does Enrico Letta's newly formed government have what it takes to get Italy out of its dire situation, or is it nothing but a new layer of paint on the crumbling house of Italian politics?New Italian...
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The sorry state of the Irish media
The story of free speech in Ireland today has moved on considerably from the past, but the political class believes that they can decide just how the public conversation should be conducted.RTE,...
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The genocide trial of Rios Montt
In March began the trial of ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt, who is accused of having orchestrated genocide and crimes against humanity during his 1982-1983 rule. While the trial is an achievement in...
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Attack on the French Embassy in Tripoli: what now for Libya?
Foreign companies and investors already unsure about returning to Libya will be further dissuaded by this targeting of a foreign embassy in the heart of Tripoli.On April 23, a car bomb exploded at 7am...
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