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What does Assad’s defeat in Syria mean for the region’s geopolitics?
A torn poster showing the image of former President of Syria Bashar al-Assad is seen near Aleppo airport on 14 December A ...
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‘Time is water’: A cross-border Indigenous alliance works to save the Amazon
As we sail through Amazon waterways, Indigenous leaders tell me how climate crisis is affecting their way of life ...
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Mexican feminists have won abortion rights in Chihuahua. But fight isn’t over
Interview: Activist Mariela Castro Flores tells openDemocracy about struggle for rights in highly conservative state ...
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Dark Arts Dispatch: SW1 is a ‘safe space’ for lobbyists
Plus, how Peter Mandelson might find common ground with Trump in rumoured new role as UK ambassador to Washington ...
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Women-led fish farming in Colombia becomes alternative to drug crops
Coca cultivation fuelled environmental degradation and violence in the Amazon. Now, locals turn to a greener future ...
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Our military courts are still failing survivors of sexual violence
Predators are walking free thanks to a broken system. The Crown Prosecution Service and civilian court must step in ...
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As a torture survivor, I’m calling on the UK government to honour the ban
Trump’s win gives a green light to torturing states. Now the UK must lead by example by meeting UN obligations ...
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Will Israel’s reputation and security survive this war?
As for Hezbollah, Israel has managed to successfully assassinate most of its leadership and substantially damage its ...
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Appeal court refuses to increase child rapist’s four-year jail sentence
Appeal to raise sentence of Martin Roberts, who abused seven-year-old while living on British Army base, was denied ...
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COP29 will pave way to even more unruly carbon markets
New framework agreed in Baku last month means countries face no repercussions if they fail to abide by the rules ...
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Reader comments: Is private investment the key to saving public infrastructure?
Plus, are we witnessing revolution in Georgia? And what do you think of Australia’s under-16s social media ban?
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Emma Norton
Emma Norton is a lawyer who set up the Centre for Military Justice. She is the former head of the legal team at the human rights organisation Liberty.