Civil liberties

  • A woman holding a photo of a camp used by China to detain Uyghur prisoners

    The war on the Uyghurs

    Moazzam Begg joins the dots between his own experience of the ‘war on terror’ and the repression of the Uyghur people at the hands of the Chinese state

  • A mural painted onto a wall with six faces, showing people who were killed during the popular uprising in Tahrir Square

    You Have Not Yet Been Defeated – review

    This new collection reveals the continuing tensions and struggles in Egypt after the uprising of a decade ago, writes Anne Alexander

  • A guard in a watchtower at Guantanamo Bay looking over the sea at dusk

    New normal, old struggles

    Twenty years on from 9/11, Ashish Ghadiali speaks with Sohail Daulatzai about the historical antecedents of the ‘war on terror’ and the ongoing struggle against racial capitalism

  • Boris Johnson and Priti Patel walking with police officers in London

    On citizenship deprivation: when neo-nationalism meets big tech

    The government’s new Nationality and Borders Bill is part of a wider reshaping of citizenship fuelled by biometrics, argues Nisha Kapoor

  • A rally for the People's Action Party, with a large number of people behind a metal barrier holding signs bearing the party's logo

    One-party rule in Singapore?

    The People’s Action Party has won every election since 1959 – but it hasn’t always been a fair fight, writes Kirsten Han

  • A section of the exhibition showing an arrangement of monochrome portraits

    War Inna Babylon – review

    Tara Okeke explores an important exhibition that offers a compelling history of Black life in Britain through the lens of people, place and struggle

  • A photo of a polling station sign

    Beyond the Elections Bill: The battle against voter suppression

    As the Elections Bill 2021 passes through Parliament, Mayowa Ayodele sees voter suppression as a Conservative goal while Lara Parizotto argues for radical pro-democracy reform

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