Russia is gearing up for the centennial of its October Revolution, and Ireland has just commemorated the centenary of its Easter Rising. Would their leaders recognise their countries today? Русский

For long-term social and economic stability, investments into increased economic equality are essential for everyone’s prosperity. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on economic inequality and human rights.

A leaked document reveals that an NHS England Trust knew of failings 10 months before a young man died in its care.

The story of the UK culture secretary's former relationship with a sex worker had been known by newspapers for years. Despite reaching up to Downing Street, there's still silence on how the story broke.

A new history of Crimea argues for the peninsula’s central importance to Europe — via Russia. The result is misleading.

When war in Nagorno-Karabakh flares up again, researchers, reporters, and journalists need to be careful not to feed either side’s propaganda machine. But this is easier said than done.

Gail Cartmail of Unite the Union says their legal advice shows the EU still threatens our National Health Service – but that Cameron could fix that without the need for Brexit.

Survivors and victims of the War on Drugs are travelling from Honduras in a caravan for peace, life and justice to present their case  to UNGASS 11 next week.

The Pope’s first official visit to Mexico was all talk and no action, but it was exactly what many Mexicans expected.  A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on religion and human rights. Español 

If we stopped imprisoning our emotions in industrially manufactured profit centers, desire could become an engine of social transformation.

What to make of a government that increasingly excuses its actions from legal accountability while demanding more and more accountability from citizens? 

Still, the boats come. Detention, as a solution to this, would have to be on a scale hitherto unimaginable in the EU. We need alternatives, and migrants need to be part of them.

It's a mystery as to why the national newspapers chose not to expose a juicy story about the UK culture secretary. But claiming that his policies were 'influenced' by the 'suppression' of the story is pure conjecture.

The Refugee Convention was designed for an earlier era, but there seems little will to update its provisions to meet today’s reality. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on refugee protection. Türkçe