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Shrinking political space: the current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation.

1 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Whose streets? The clampdown on popular rights

Across the world political space is shrinking. Richard Swift explains how and why.

Environmentalists killings: Indigenous and other activists gather in front of the Honduran embassy in London in response to the murder of anti-dam campaigner Berta Cáceres in 2016.

1 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Defame, criminalize, murder

How environment defenders are being stopped in the Global South. Leny Olivera and Sian Cowman...

Bahrain

14 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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A look at Bahrain today

Despite the atrocious human rights situation in the country, the West finds much to celebrate about Bahrain. Zoe...

28 Nov 2017 4 minute read

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Lauri Love Extradition appeal

The British hacker will be at great risk if he loses his case, writes Ella Matthews.

Nubian resistance: A Nubian man on a camel.

7 Nov 2017 7 minute read

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Jailed Nubian activist dies in custody

In the wake of the tragic loss, Mohammed Elnaiem looks back at years of resistance.

The Gaza electricity crisis: installing solar panels in the Gaza strip.

24 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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Darkness in Gaza

Respite for Gazans could not come too soon. Noreen Sadik reports on the ongoing power crisis.

İdil Eser

13 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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A birthday behind bars for Amnesty Turkey Director

Idil Eser: one of the latest high-profile victims of Turkey’s crackdown on dissent. By Fotis Filippou.

A Kolkata Street. Kolkatan, CC-BY-SA3.0

9 Oct 2017 4 minute read

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The forgotten children of Sonagachi

Will Brown reports on the women, and children, brutally trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade.

Justice for Sheikh al-Nimr and his family: our interview with Mohammed al-Nimr

6 Oct 2017 4 minute read

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Saudi persecution of the al-Nimr family continues

Mohammed al-Nimr talks to Sophie Baggott about Saudi Arabia’s persecution of his family.

Brazilian favelas

1 Oct 2017 10 minute read

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‘We have a lot to teach the city’

Favela dwellers speak to Vanessa Baird about police violence and creative resistance.

13 Sep 2017 6 minute read

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Is the West complicit in the Rohingya crisis?

Britain has provided support to the Burmese military, writes Steve Shaw.

25 Aug 2017 3 minute read

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The story of Kian

A 17-year-old is another victim of Duterte’ war on drugs, writes Iris Gonzales.

20 Jul 2017 6 minute read

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‘Foreign agents’ confound Putin

Moscow’s unlicensed human rights champions refuse to be intimidated. Barney Cullum reports.

18 Jul 2017 2 minute read

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The world must stand up to Turkey's arrests

An open letter on the detention of human rights defenders in Turkey, by major human rights organizations across the world.

30 Jun 2017 3 minute read

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Making waves: Prafulla Samantara

Indian land rights activist Prafulla Samantara talks to Veronique Mistiaen.

13 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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A Bahraini's interminable trial for tweeting

Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was arrested 365 days ago for tweets against the war in Yemen, and his 13th...

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