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India’s current citizenship policies alter the constitutional notion of citizenship and use it as a proxy for national belonging in othering minorities.
Marian Kotleba, leader of the far right People’s Party Our Slovakia, could prop up a government led by prime minister Peter Pellegrini.
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Even the ruling party wants change – but Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini is unlikely to be able to deliver it on his own.
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The ability to prosecute alleged domestic abuse cases without the support of the victim is vital.
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The Sabisky affair should not be seen as a random event: the real battle lies ahead.
How will free speech and freedom from harm work out online?
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Free speech is too important to leave it to a government regulator to decide what should be banned.
Ukrainian soldiers wait ahead of a prisoner exchange with Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region in December 2019.
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A conflict frozen in time seems a possible outcome after a reshuffle of top officials in Ukraine and Russia.
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Teachers are more likely to notice ‘real-life’ bullying, and children are less inclined to report when they are targeted online.
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The BBC is under threat as the government considers abolishing the licence fee. This would be a disaster.
Rescuers search for survivors after an airstrike in Idlib in mid January.
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As Syrian forces bombard the opposition enclave of Idlib, Turkey lacks an ongoing strategy.
Prime minister Boris Johnson with his new intake MPs.
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Participants were asked to choose between white and ethnic minority candidates.
Caroline Flack leaving Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court where she plead not guilty to assaulting boyfriend Lewis Burton.
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It is important that police forces and the CPS are able to recognise that coercive control and couple violence are different and require different handling.
Garment workers on their lunch break in Phnom Penh.
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For the first time, the EU has withdrawn some trade preferences for a developing country on its Everything But Arms tariffs.
Duterte (left) with the Philippines’ armed forces chief of staff, Lieutenant General Noel Clement.
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The US could be losing a key ally to China. But it has less to do with Trump’s foreign policy and everything to do with a drug war in the Philippines.
Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir in February.
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India has rejected recent offers on mediation over Jammu and Kashmir. But it should think again.
A sign at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow.
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Detainees, held in a perpetual state of powerlessness, try to support each other.
Who’s in and who’s out?
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This is Boris Johnson’s first major cabinet reshuffle since the Conservatives’ general election victory.
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There are no criminal provisions around slavery in 49% of world nations, groundbreaking new legal research finds.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald (c) with former leader Gerry Adams on the Irish border.
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How Sinn Féin’s position on the EU has shifted.
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It’s time there was a serious policy response to the other key drivers of homicide rates, like poverty and austerity.
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The British prime minister is fond of a common form of political rhetoric especially loved by the Romans: the promise of a ‘new age’.
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Dissatisfaction with democracy is rising around the world. But there are a few ‘islands of contentment’.
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Considerations of whether children and young people are deserving of help are reminiscent of 19th-century approaches to child services.
Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald celebrates victory in her Dublin constituency.
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Why left-wing nationalist party Sinn Féin topped the popular vote in the Irish election.
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If the Tories do go liberal on pot, they should learn the lessons from the regulation of tobacco and alcohol.
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What the acquittal of Donald Trump means for the future of the US presidency.