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A criminologist spoke to anti-gas pipeline activists.

Rescue workers gather at the site after a PIA plane crashed. PHOTO: AFP PIA crash coverage: The melodramatic news trade Local media turned into a bazaar; milking on ratings and overlooking that the disaster would leave many in shambles Here is what is etched in my memory in the aftermath of the crash: A grieving father being pushed for comment on television. As if the unfathomable loss alone was not enough, victim’s families at the behest of reporters who are badgering them for an ‘interview’. The mourners, who can barely contain themselves, struggle to utter a few words before they br...

The UK government is debating a new legislation to grant police more powers to restrict protests and demonstrations. The bill would mean the police taking a more proactive approach to dealing with “highly disruptive” protests which might cause public disturbance. The debate over whether to enshrine the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 into law was written over the last few months, This has become a particularly poignant point of discussion following multiple arrests at a vigil in London for Sarah Everard over the weekend. Everard vanished on 3 March while walking home from...

The Stop Ecocide campaign, supported by Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion, seeks to enshrine extreme damage to the natural world, termed ‘ecocide’, into international law. This includes ocean damage, deforestation, fracking and air pollution. The campaign specifically wants to see ecocide added to the list of crimes that can be tried at the highest level by the International Criminal Court alongside genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. But while the campaign more appropriately reflects the scope and complexity of environmental harm caused by governments and corporations...

The year 2020 tested democracy and civic freedoms in many ways. After the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in March, governments took unprecedented actions, such as imposing curfews, restricting people’s movements, and limiting or banning gatherings. According to international law, some of these measures went beyond the permissible bounds for limiting rights during public health emergencies, bounds meant to ensure that such measures are kept “proportionate, necessary, and nondiscriminatory.” In its latest report, the CIVICUS Monitor—an online tool...