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Hong Kong’s Last Generation: In Conversation with Frances Hui
Frances Hui is policy and advocacy coordinator for the Committee for Freedom and Hong Kong Foundation. Having become an activist at the...
Nadia Jahnecke
21 min read
The Legal Battlefield of the Syrian Civil War: In Conversation with Anwar al-Bunni
Anwar al-Bunni is a Syrian human rights defender who has fought for the right to freedom of speech and for democratic reform in Syria. He...
Nour Kachi
15 min read
Eyeless in Gaza
Brought from my cousin’s Shropshire home early September 2023, the spalted limewood log from which Eyeless in Gaza is carved had been...
Willow Winston
3 min read
The Hidden Life of Books, Chapter IV: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and The Americans
The book is a simple yet complex idea that has profound influence on culture, society, and religion that transcends time and...
Laura Migliorino
4 min read
Freedom to Think in the Age of AI: In Conversation with Susie Alegre
Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer who has worked on the most challenging legal and political issues of our...
Nadia Jahnecke
23 min read
A Democratic Alternative for Post-Theocracy Iran: In Conversation with Ali Safavi
Ali Safavi is a member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and President of Near East Policy...
Solomon Njombai
29 min read
The Echoes of Incarceration: In Conversation with Mansour al-Omari
Mansour al-Omari is a Syrian human rights defender and legal researcher. He holds an LLM in Transitional Justice and Conflict. Al-Omari...
Nour Kachi
15 min read
A Palestinian Lawyer’s Battle for Justice: In Conversation with Raji Sourani
Raji Sourani is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Founder and Director of the Palestinian Centre of Human Rights. He was an Amnesty...
Shahad Alkamas
25 min read
Human Rights and the Russia-Ukraine War: In Conversation with Oleksandra Matviichuk
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a prominent human rights defender, currently leading the Center for Civil Liberties and coordinating the...
Nadia Jahnecke
16 min read
The Chilling Effect of the Law on Election Finance
‘Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy,...
Grace Houghton, Mishcon de Reya
11 min read
Hearts of Darkness: Meeting Mengele
Most first novels are emotionally explosive, going to the heart of the individual. Novelist Paul Pickering changed from journalism to...
Paul Pickering
8 min read
From the ‘Prison of Darkness’ to Guantanamo Bay: In Conversation with Mark P Denbeaux
Professor Mark P Denbeaux is an American attorney, professor, and author. He holds the position of Law Professor at Seton Hall University...
Angelina Spilnyk
24 min read
Exploring Ukrainian Identity: In Conversation with Anastasiia Marushevska
Anastasiia Marushevska is Editor-in-Chief of Ukraїner International. Ukraїner, conceived by journalist and writer Bohdan Lohvynenko as a...
Nour Kachi
21 min read
An Avenue to Justice for Afghan Women: Bringing a CEDAW Case Before the International Court of Justice
An Avenue to Justice for Afghan Women: Bringing a CEDAW Case Before the International Court of Justice[1] In a tumultuous Afghanistan,...
Behind the Closed Doors of the Syrian Revolution: In Conversation with Wassim Hassan
Wassim Hassan is a Syrian political activist. He is a member of the The Syrian Women's Political Movement and the Mouatana Movement, a...
Nour Kachi
24 min read
Leave the Empire Windrush at the Bottom of the Ocean: In Conversation with Gus John
Gus John is an award-winning writer, education campaigner, and lecturer. His work spans the fields of education policy, management, and...
Donari Yahzid
13 min read
Afrodescendants Claim Rights to Benin Bronzes—They Belong to All of Us
We are the Restitution Study Group (RSG), a New York-based non-profit founded in 2000 to campaign for innovative approaches to healing...
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann et al
8 min read
Don’t Debase My Desires: Examining the Links Between Adaptive Preference Formation and the Cultivation of Public Emotion
In our society and social theory, there is a fine line between a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’ decision. While society uses moral justifications...
Donari Yahzid
18 min read
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