HRW: Western leaders need to ‘do better’ against autocrats
Democratic leaders have failed in addressing serious global challenges, such as climate changeand the COVID-19…
Desk Team
‘Once-in-a-generation’ amnesty for undocumented migrants begins in Ireland
Ireland has launched a “once-in-a-generation” amnesty for undocumented migrants that will grant many people in…
Who was al-Qurashi, Isis’s slain leader?
Probably the most unusual thing about the 2019 announcement by the Islamic State naming their…
A history of free expression charts its seesawing progress
Free Speech. By Jacob Mchangama. Basic Books; 528 pages; $32 and £25 A GLOBAL FIRESTORM…
‘They cut him into pieces’: India’s ‘love jihad’ conspiracy theory turns lethal
It was dark and pelting down with rain as Sameer Parishwadi ran along the railway…
China’s Domestic Politics Are Driving the Belt and Road Initiative
Although analysts tend to focus on the geopolitical effects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative…
India’s democracy is not as healthy as this month’s elections make it seem
T HE PHRASE “state election” does not do it justice. Over 150m people have registered…
‘Peace, freedom, no dictatorship!’: Germans protest against Covid restrictions
On Monday evening on the dot of 7pm people emerged from dimly lit side streets…
Paris museums celebrate ‘utterly eclectic’ French designer Yves Saint Laurent
A creation of late French designer Yves Saint Laurent is displayed at the Louvre Museum…
Myanmar’s generals have united the country—against themselves
Z IN HTET AUNG had always loathed the Rohingyas, a Muslim ethnic group from Rakhine,…