openDemocracy
  • Home
  • About
Sign in Subscribe

Bahrain

The government let a warlord sue our best journalist. Here’s why it matters

The government let a warlord sue our best journalist. Here’s why it matters

OLIVER BULLOUGH: Yevgeny Prigozhin shows just how much the legal system favours the wealthy over the truth
Oliver Bullough 25 Jan 2023
Labour calls for probe into Treasury’s role in case against journalist

Labour calls for probe into Treasury’s role in case against journalist

Rishi Sunak’s old department gave go-ahead for Yevgeny Prigozhin to circumvent sanctions and bring case in London
Jim Fitzpatrick 25 Jan 2023
Revealed: UK government helped sanctioned Putin ally sue British journalist

Revealed: UK government helped sanctioned Putin ally sue British journalist

UK Treasury, then under Rishi Sunak’s control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins
Jim Fitzpatrick 23 Jan 2023
Putin seems to be cornered, but is total victory the best aim for Ukraine?

Putin seems to be cornered, but is total victory the best aim for Ukraine?

OPINION: The US may think we’re in the end game in Ukraine, but a negotiated exit from war may be better for all
Paul Rogers 14 Jan 2023
The future of Russia in Ukraine: a different kind of war?

The future of Russia in Ukraine: a different kind of war?

OPINION: Ukraine could be doomed to years of low-level conflict with Russia, with Ukrainian people paying the price
Paul Rogers 02 Dec 2022
Troubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereaved

Troubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereaved

The families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
Tom Griffin 02 Dec 2022
Russia’s missiles and winter conditions mean no quick end to Ukraine war

Russia’s missiles and winter conditions mean no quick end to Ukraine war

Are there prospects for peace in Ukraine amid Russian missile attacks and a winter battlefield stalemate?
Paul Rogers 22 Nov 2022

Subscribe to openDemocracy

Don't miss out on the latest news. Sign up now to get access to the library of members-only articles.
  • Sign up
openDemocracy © 2025. Powered by Ghost