Civil liberties - international
Democracy does not always go hand in hand with liberalism – that is the problem | Letter
Letter: From Putin to Erdoğan, democratically elected leaders are routinely ignoring constitutional limits on their powers, writes Piergiuseppe Fortunato
03, Feb, 2023 @5:13 PM
Racial profiling fears raised as Queensland seeks to expand police search powers
Bill allows officers in certain locations to search people for weapons without having reasonable suspicion
Eden Gillespie
30, Jan, 2023 @6:37 AM
Italy home to 11 of 100-plus unofficial Chinese ‘police stations’
Civil rights group claims outposts are used to monitor Chinese population abroad and force dissidents to return
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
05, Dec, 2022 @1:00 AM
Iran condemns two women to death for ‘corruption’ over LGBTQ+ media links
Outcry over show trial, which follows Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani talking to BBC about abuse of gay people in Iran’s Kurdish region
Weronika Strzyżyńska
08, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘Erasing our existence’: Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill blamed for rise in attacks
Draft bill would criminalise identifying as gay and could see intersex people compelled to undergo surgery
Emmanuel Akinwotu, west Africa correspondent
03, Aug, 2022 @5:30 AM
Prominent lawyer among dozens jailed for treason in Cambodia
Theary Seng receives six-year sentence in ongoing mass trial of government critics in Phnom Penh
Fiona Kelliher
14, Jun, 2022 @11:52 AM
The Friday wives: how a quiet picket grew to push for change in Cambodia
After years facing arrest and violence as they fought for their loved ones, a group of women became a rare voice of defiance
Fiona Kelliher
02, May, 2022 @5:30 AM
A no-fly list for unruly passengers? I have a better – and crueller – idea | Arwa Mahdawi
Air rage is out of control – but Delta Air Lines’ suggestion is not the way to tackle it. What we really need is a small child with a recorder
Arwa Mahdawi
09, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM
How 9/11 led the US to forever wars, eroded rights – and insurrection
The legal carte blanche signed days after the 2001 attacks is still used to authorise military action – just one way US society has been shaped, or corroded, by its backlash to terror
Julian Borger in Washington
10, Sep, 2021 @9:15 AM
France extends Covid health pass after fourth weekend of protests
Pass sanitaire allows people to visit restaurants, hospitals and take long train trips but backlash continues
Kim Willsher in Paris
09, Aug, 2021 @10:10 AM
Belarus regime steps up ‘purge’ of activists and media
Alexander Lukashenko leading ‘vicious operation to eviscerate critical voices’ and civil society, rights groups warn
Sarah Johnson
09, Aug, 2021 @5:01 AM
Outcry after Nigerian TV stations told to curb reporting of security issues
Regulator’s move comes amid fears that limited press freedoms are being eroded by the government
Emmanuel Akinwotu in Lagos
19, Jul, 2021 @5:45 PM
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