openDemocracy readers debate whether making voting mandatory would improve politics
openDemocracy readers discuss whether voters would back a socialist government, and Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift
Women will no longer face prison for ending a pregnancy. There are two reasons why this reform was urgently needed
Revealed: Dozens of women with mental health problems ‘stripped’ and made to wear ‘last resort’ anti-rip clothing
openDemocracy readers discuss an op-ed we published by an activist who has been sentenced for planning to protest
Women who call police to help deal with abusive partners are being criminalised for assaulting emergency workers
Exclusive: New immigration laws create ‘hierarchy of victims’ that means many are imprisoned and denied help on release
Ministers told to improve state of London prison – but our investigation shows its appalling conditions are the norm
Exploitation is becoming more widespread in Russian workplaces amid an acute shortage of employees
Experts fear inmates face barriers to healthcare as abortions decline in prisons while rising among general public
The Kremlin wants Azat Miftakhov and other political prisoners behind bars forever, says an exiled Russian journalist
Britain is rightly outraged by a woman’s imprisonment for abortion. But there’s no such thing as a good jail sentence
