Author: Cai Green Harold Macmillan’s speech “Wind of Change”, in 1960, declared the start of a government-led program of decolonisation. Nevertheless, the British Government did not abandon its position as an imperial power. Any reference to Britain’s imperial past today is simply ill-informed; even in the present day, the UK exerts its political power to... Continue Reading →
Author: Penny Senanarong Stories of the horrors within China’s re-education camps – designed to strip the Uighur Muslims of their identity, reveal how fears and prejudices are manipulated to normalize crimes against humanity. Ask yourself: what do you hold most dear? It would be unsurprising if an answer among your list include your loved ones,... Continue Reading →
Author: Cai Green For many persecuted LGBT communities, online platforms like Grindr are one of their very few means of communicating. Yet governmental authorities are using these to target LGBT individuals. Online LGBT+ communities are being infiltrated by predatory authorities, luring already vulnerable individuals into imprisonment, blackmail and torture. The visibility of queer people online,... Continue Reading →
This article was originally published in The New Arab. As a no-deal Brexit looks increasingly likely, Britain's Conservative government risks drifting closer towards repressive regimes in the Middle East to compensate for economic vulnerability, while diminishing the country's influence over them, say analysts and human rights advocates. Dismissing claims that a "no-deal Brexit" could be economically harmful,... Continue Reading →
A version of this article was originally published in The New Arab. Like much of the world, Tunisia is plagued with violence against women. What sets it apart, however, is that while it suffers one of the world's highest gender violence rates, the Tunisian government is now taking substantial measures to eliminate it. It seeks... Continue Reading →
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