Evidence of how prison officers cooperate with inmates to effect torture and humiliation inside Karelia’s prison system continues to emerge.
If the government fails to inject real politics back into Bahraini society rather than relentless prosecution, the prognosis looks anything but positive.
Georgia’s draconian laws against narcotics are in the spotlight, as activists take to the streets and demand an end to the criminalisation of drug users.
If democracy and human rights were collective values, wouldn’t they have been more appealing to the world? عربي
Armenia’s female activists are reclaiming space in public life. Can the wives, sisters and muses of protesters ever be seen as protesters themselves? հայերեն
Protests and a show of strength demonstrate the importance of challenging a state that reverts to the arbitrary exercise of power.
There is strong evidence to conclude that Turkey has gone beyond what is necessary or proportionate.
By normalising the use of drones, the US might be planting a seed that people in the Arab world reject: the seed of arbitrariness.
It is now time that the authorities stop labelling all those who dare speak their minds as “terrorists”.
The British tabloids and the Home Office are united by their assumption that asylum seekers who lie during their claims are undeserving of protection. Yet this view runs contrary both to widely held moral principle and refugee law.
Until Saudi Arabia takes ownership of the crisis, it will remain responsible for the egregious human rights abuses tens of thousands of migrants are forced to endure each day.
As Azerbaijan votes on constitutional amendments today, let’s not forget the country’s political prisoners.
