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  • November 4, 2013
    Commonwealth gathering in Sri Lanka tainted by atrocities

    Sri Lanka’s regime is preparing to host a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in mid-November. Embarrassingly, however, a disturbing documentary containing evidence of atrocities towards the end of the island’s civil war was broadcast by Channel 4.

  • October 27, 2013
    Political slogans: making squares into circles

    Propaganda could be described as persuasion without morals. It has been a tool of power for centuries and in our own time, its use in inculcating a state of belief which is not in proportion to evidence, is most clearly seen in politicians' choice and use of slogans.

  • July 12, 2013
    UN chief voices concerns about political crisis to Egyptian Foreign Minister

    Ban Ki-moon has underscored the support of the United Nations for an Egyptian Government fully accountable to its people.

  • May 2, 2013
    Civil service privatisation damages democracy

    Sections of the UK civil service are to be privatised. Unions have raised concerns about the impact on staff pay and conditions. Such a move also raises serious questions about accountability to the public and democracy.

  • February 3, 2013
    A political solution is the only way to end the Syria conflict

    Syrians can only overcome conflict with a political solution, strong democratic institutions and demilitarisation, says a prominent human rights defender.

  • January 24, 2013
    Sri Lanka bishop laments loss of democracy

    The Anglican Bishop of Colombo has called for a Time of Lament, after Sri Lanka’s chief justice was unlawfully removed by the ruling regime.

  • January 16, 2013
    Sri Lanka: defending democracy as chief justice impeached

    Sri Lanka is facing a constitutional crisis after the chief justice was impeached, in a process ruled unlawful by the supreme court. The bid by cabinet members to replace her with one of their own legal advisers has been widely criticised as an attack on the independence of the judiciary. Pro-democracy activists are challenging the move, despite the danger they face from an increasingly dictatorial regime.

  • November 20, 2012
    Buccaneering, deal making and democracy: Cameron at the CBI

    “A buccaneering, deal making, hungry spirit”. These are the qualities which our Prime Minister advocated in his speech to the CBI recently (19 November 2012).

  • November 7, 2012
    Ballot initiatives in US states: an issues guide

    There is a whole raft of initiatives and referendums on state ballots. We offer a summary here, with comments where appropriate on issues of social justice relating to these proposals.

  • October 14, 2012
    A positive Orthodox Christian theology of democracy

    In The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy, to be published on 25 October 2012, Aristotle Papanikolaou explores the question of whether Orthodox Christianity and liberal democracy are mutually exclusive worldviews.