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19 April 2018 6 minute read

ECRF: Fighting for life and freedom in Egypt

Alessio Perrone meets the activists fighting to shine light on human rights abuses during Egypt’s dark days.

19 April 2018 4 minute read

Surreal scenes outside Modi visit

Rahila Gupta reports on this week’s pro and anti-Modi protests in London.

Strikes by the US Air Force over Syria.

19 April 2018 7 minute read

Will air strikes stop Assad using chemical weapons?

Dan Smith argues strengthening international law would do far more good than ad hoc missile strikes.

19 April 2018 11 minute read

Adventures in democracy

A global social movement is rising. It is open, participatory and public, writes Jamie Kelsey-Fry.

16 April 2018 5 minute read

Facebook: the new censor's office

Social media is usurping the role of the state argues Jillian York.

16 April 2018 4 minute read

Britain has no moral high ground on Commonwealth homophobia

The colonial practice of exporting homophobia and contemporary anti-migrant policies should give pause to Britain’s...

The leaders of Russia and Hungary, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán

30 April 2018 5 minute read

Is Hungary mimicking Putin’s authoritarianism?

Has Putin exported ‘managed democracy’ to Hungary? Madeline Roache examines Orbán’s regime.

A protest in support of strike staff

13 April 2018 8 minute read

Open letter: students support no vote on pensions offer

Ahead of the results of a ballot over university pensions, students across the UK ask staff to stand firm.

humanitarian drones

31 March 2018 3 minute read

The rise of the cyber-humanitarians

Aid-by-drone, what’s not to like? Plenty, as Nick Dowson explains.

The Battle for ZAD: Victory for anti-airport movement

30 April 2018 1 minute read

The Battle for ZAD: Victory for anti-airport movement

The French government has abandoned plans to build a controversial airport – but is still evicting the ZAD protesters. Claire...

Portraits of three Syrian cities: Huossen Hamod’s daughter looks out from a fifth floor balcony onto their decimated neighbourhood of Ansari al-Sharki, Aleppo

31 March 2018 8 minute read

Portraits of war-torn Syrian cities

For those in government-held cities, only fragments of normality remain. Sally Hayden writes.

Alfred Kelfala, part of the roving Freetown Ebola burial team, puts on a safety suit before burying a corpse, 2015.

10 April 2018 8 minute read

Did deforestation cause the Ebola outbreak?

How humanity may have triggered Ebola outbreaks. By Katie McQue.

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