Opinion

Summit for Democracy

Vladimir Terehov : THE so-called Summit for Democracy held in December 9-10 by the Biden administration online is worth noting mainly because it reflects internal and external problems of the

Is Democracy Conference Alienating Friends?

Abdul Mannan : On last 9-10 December US President Joe Biden hosted a virtual ‘Democracy Conference’ in Washington DC. This is supposed to be the first of two such summits

Arundhati Roy’s Azadi: A voice against fascism and for freedom

Alamgir Mohammad: Arundhati Roy (1961- ) is one of the leading Indian writers in English who is often regarded as an ‘activist writer’ for her clear and stern position against

Tribal left’s mirror image of tribal right

Truly liberating oneself from propaganda and transcending the identities that have been largely manufactured is the riskiest of ventures, writes Jonathan Cook OF COURSE, I expect a backlash every time I

Need Real People to establish Human Rights

Md. Tanjimul Islam : Generally, the protection, establishment and exercise of all rights of ‘human’ is considered as ‘human rights’. Human rights are the fundamental rights of human being and

Why the “Summit for Democracy” is bad for democracy and the world

Yi Fan: Though announced with great fanfare, the US Summit for Democracy is clouded by concerns that it undermines democracy and creates fault lines that will leave the world worse

Joint Article by Chinese and Russian Ambassadors: Respecting People’s Democratic Rights

he upcoming American-led online Summit for Democracy will stoke ideological confrontation. Faced with an array of global challenges, countries urgently need to strengthen coordination and cooperation for common progress. The

Rewriting history in Northern Ireland

by Anne Cadwallader: The Boris Johnson government, while censoring files, wants to commission an ‘official history’ of the troubles, writes Anne Cadwallader JAWS have dropped across Ireland at the British government’s