21 August 2020
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The last days of Indian democracy
India marks its 73rd year of freedom from colonial rule on August 15th, still claiming the mantle of the world's biggest democracy and a secular state where citizens’ constitutional rights are guaranteed. But those who have been paying attention to India are not celebrating. Covid-19 has given...
14 August 2020
Opinion
Why do Ahmadis Muslims in Pakistan not have a vote?
In many countries around the world, religious minorities face discrimination, marginalisation and violence. On the anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, highlights how Ahmadi Muslims are...
14 August 2020
Opinion
How the new FCDO could advance the fight against corruption
The UK's Department for International Development is respected the world over for the lead it has taken over the past two decades on the issue of corruption. Robert Barrington, Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex, examines how a...
13 August 2020
Opinion
Young Yazidis in Iraq rebuild their shattered communities through heritage
Heritage is commonly perceived as being about a passive preservation of the past, passed down from one generation to the next. In reality, however, heritage is dynamic and shaped by the ways in which we choose to use and interpret it. This possibility of change and adaptation makes it very much...
12 August 2020
12 August 2020
12 August 2020
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How to ethically involve children with disabilities in research
More research activities with children with disabilities are urgently needed, and it is important that conventional and existing ethical practices used with children are further developed to embrace disability inclusion. This will encourage the realisation of children’s right to participate...
6 August 2020
Opinion
Why heritage sites are vital to identity and survival
Heritage sites play a vital role in sustaining community identities as well as individuals’ personal wellbeing. In the Middle East, religious minorities have not only suffered physical violence at the hands of Daesh but also systematic destruction of the heritage sites which nurture their very...
30 July 2020
Opinion
Covid-19 and the Futility of Control in the Modern World
Amid the very real devastations of already-vulnerable lives and livelihoods caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a tsunami of commentary. Academic and policy experts of every stripe are already asserting the lessons and proposing competing agendas that the crisis seems to...
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