The WikiLeaks founder’s life, and the truth, hangs by a thread. The 27th and 28th are crucial as he faces his next hearing in the High Court in London, as the US appeals the earlier decision not to extradite him. Free journalism is in danger. Individuals and groups express their solidarity with someone whom some governments want dead, disappeared or ostracised.
Politics
Are we poor?
We are a working family receiving a Universal Credit top-up. My partner is a chef in a care home. He is a classically trained chef who in his younger years worked in the West-End at high-class restaurants and private member’s clubs, catering to the likes of the Prime Minister at […]
Colombia: The war on peace
It has been five years since the signing of the Peace Agreement in Colombia between the armed insurgents and the Colombian government. The balance could not be more negative and the hopes of reaching peace seem further away than ever.
Sexual violence against women and discriminatory laws
Rape laws across the Americas are insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence. A new report by international human rights organization Equality Now reveals how rape laws across the Americas are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, and put women, adolescents, and girls […]
Violence in Guerrero… the people stood alone
Mexico … the displaced of Zihuatanejo do not feature in the sun-drenched landscapes peddled by the travel agencies, but they do exist. They exist, despite the silence of state governor Héctor Astudillo Flores and mayor Jorge Sánchez Allec, for whom tourism is the be-all and end-all.















