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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEspionage and repression in the Middle East courtesy of the West
Western companies are providing surveillance tools to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: Political prisoners face the pandemic behind bars
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDoes anyone remember the chemical attacks on Sudanese civilians?
In 2016, Omar al-Bashir's government committed yet another war crime in Darfur by using poisonous gas against...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionCan true justice be done remotely?
An emergency response to the pandemic has fast-tracked the digitalisation of the UK justice system. But do remote...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAutocracy in El Salvador?
Under Nayib Bukele's presidency, El Salvador faces a historical challenge to its democracy in time of pandemic....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDetainees in Libya need protection: they must be released now
The right to health and life of detainees in Libya must be protected especially in times of pandemic.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaState of emergency, control and complete silence in Venezuela
Even if we reject the violent options the evidence of the government’s position is there to be seen. Español
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMexico’s everyday war: Guerrero and the trials of peace
Crime rates are climbing across Mexico, as cartels splinter into smaller groups competing ferociously for turf. Just...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe story of a shipwrecked sailor named Sergio Moro
On the rise and fall (for now) of Operation Car Wash’s patron in Brazil, former judge and now former Bolsonaro...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a brutal history of state encounters
Egyptian photographer and director Shady Habash’s death in prison is one in a long history of state brutality in the country.
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: Roma hit hard by coronavirus crackdown
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe fight against disinformation: a proposal for regulation
Xnet proposes legislation against fake news and manipulation of information both OFFLINE AND ONLINE and in defense...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe COVID-19 domestic violence crisis in the UK is a decade in the making
Domestic violence under coronavirus is a hot topic, but we mustn't forget how we got here. Politicians ripped our...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Something for Europeans to celebrate – a new social contract begins to emerge?
This is the leadership the world needs after the 2008 Global Economic Crisis, and now the untold scale of economic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationUK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deaths
Revealed: Hancock’s £60,000 scheme for bereaved families will accept ‘no liability’ for deaths – as lawyers warn...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe War on Drugs has failed. But a profit-driven legal market is not the answer
With big business eyeing up cannabis as a future market, it is essential that legalisation supports racial and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOVID-19 crisis: Attacks on environmental defenders continue in Latin America
Communities protect ecosystems that provide fundamental services and prevent the transmission of zoonotic viruses....
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: COVID-19 ushers in a new era of surveillance apps
Around the world, governments are using the crisis to roll back democracy and human rights – and to monitor citizens...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Making migrants visible to COVID-19 counting: the dilemma
While most forms of data management of populations are problematic, the COVID-19 pandemic requires reconsidering the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding the State of Law, French-style
It is part of the Jupiterian approach that dominates the relationship between citizen and authority in the French...