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Renewing the fight for human rights and the spirit of 2 George Yard (Part 2)
In China, more than one million Uighur Muslims have been incarcerated and forced to work in camps – measures that many have described as state-sanctioned slavery. Yet, far from offering a common front, the West has put together a patchwork response to Beijing’s policies. Lord David Alton explores possible solutions to the human rights crisis.
The United States falls behind in Central Asia
With Moscow, Beijing and Ankara jockeying for influence in Central Asia, the Biden administration could be tempted to compete alongside them. However, the U.S. is unlikely to get very far ahead. With American soft power at its nadir, Washington will have a hard time to convince regional partners that it ...
Rwanda’s Kagame faces challenges to legitimacy
Rwanda is often hailed as one of Africa’s brightest stories of growth and stability. But President Paul Kagame, in office since 2000, has taken a firm grip over the country, with little tolerance for opposition. The pandemic and its aftermath present serious risks to Rwanda’s economy and to the regime’s ...
What to expect from the U.S. on Venezuela?
With two months to go until the 2020 presidential election, U.S. policy on Venezuela faces new urgency. While the country has been used as a political football for domestic reasons, the crisis in Venezuela has serious consequences for the interests of America and its regional partners. Resolving that crisis is ...
Relevance beyond the crisis: New pressures to curb individual rights
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed governments to enact authoritarian emergency legislation, with no guarantee that the curtailed civil rights will later be returned to the population. China’s example shows what could await European countries if the coronavirus crisis becomes a political tool to exert more control over ...
