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31 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Indigenous lives matter in Canada

Thousands of Canadians – indigenous and non-indigenous – took to the streets in cities across the country after an all-white...

31 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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Iranian Women protest the veil

On 27 December 2017, 31-year-old Vida Movahed removed her headscarf, tied it to a stick and stood atop a telecoms box on...

Russian president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russia Today’s leadership.

28 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Banning Russia Today would solve nothing

This will give Putin another excuse for a media crackdown, argues Madeline Roache.

23 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Why Spycops victims walked out from the police inquiry

We are not abandoning the inquiry. We are desperate to participate, but it must be thorough and credible, says an alliance...

7 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Theresa May rolls out the red carpet for Saudi crown prince

Only six per cent of Britons back selling arms to Saudi Arabia. So why has Mohamed bin Salman been invited to Britain?...

7 Mar 2018 4 minute read

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A decade of resistance behind Iranian bars

Soudeh Alikhani writes on the 10th anniversary of the women’s rights activist Zeinab Jalalian’s arrest – on...

25 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Demanding a solution revolution

Dear #MeToo backlash, we feminists have heard it all before… Kate Smurthwaite writes.

Protesters for workers' rights at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona.

28 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Should you buy an ethical smartphone?

Supply chain monitoring not consumer choices will protect rights argues Annie Pickering.

22 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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Why make women suffer twice?

Don’t cut Oxfam’s support – we need it to root out abuse, says Colombian feminist Gloria Sanchez.

21 Feb 2018 1 minute read

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Latin American governments should serve the people

Human rights activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel highlights the failure of democracy in Argentina, Brazil and across the region...

12 Jan 2018 2 minute read

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Antonythasan Jesuthasan: from Tamil Tiger to leading man

Cindy Sasha interviews former Tamil Tiger-turned-actor, Antonythasan Jesuthasan.

Organized labour is under attack in Indonesia

11 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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Indonesia cracks down on organized labour

Unions face backlash after years of minimum wage increases. Fahmi Panimbang writes.

Free Yanto: Activist Yanto Awerkion awaiting trial

5 Jan 2018 2 minute read

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Free Yanto now!

Time is running out for West Papuan activist Yanto Awerkion.

Former president Lula on his Caravan of Hope tour around Brazil, ahead of this year’s elections.

4 Jan 2018 7 minute read

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Brazil’s rich weaponize law to stop Lula campaign

‘Impossible’ for Lula to get fair trial, say lawyers. Vanessa Baird reports.

1 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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The weighted scales of justice

Amy Booth visits a Bolivian prison and meets those let down by patchy law enforcement.

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.

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