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Mara Leverkuhn

Far away in Oriental Europe, there was a castle and in that castle I was born. Confiscated by the communists at gun point, left to rot and turned into “social housing”. Hello, Romania. The glory of the event was unmatched by the land, as a black and white reality welcomed me–a tyranny that feared not […]

Fascism Human Rights Ungagged Writing USA Victoria Pearson

Battle of Backwater Bridge

  The situation in North Dakota took a significantly more sinister turn on Sunday, as militarised security personnel began to attack unarmed water protectors with water cannon, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades. In a move condemned by both the UN and Amnesty International, water cannon were deployed against unarmed peaceful protesters, including elders […]

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Fuad Alakbarov

Fuad Alakbarov is an Azerbaijani-Scottish political activist and human rights defender. He is known mainly for human rights advocacy for refugees, anti-racism and anti-poverty campaigns. Alakbarov is a columnist for the Mind Waves, a NHS-funded project which raises public awareness about mental health issues. He also covers refugee crisis, geopolitics and conflict worldwide for openDemocracy […]