‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s often misunderstood, by many Americans. A constitutional scholar explains what it really boils down to.
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Black police officers can have bias against Black people – and act on it.
Australia Day has not always been celebrated on January 26, and the meaning of the date has been contested historically and today.
The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.
Thousands of demonstrators have descended on Lima amid violent clashes with police. The protest movement could be taking cues from earlier mobilizations in neighboring Bolivia.
Indonesian worker protests about a new emergency regulation – issued suddenly in late 2022 to replace a controversial job creation law – look likely to continue ahead of the February 2024 election.
When communities face security challenges and lack legal protection, they find innovative ways to respond.
The app best known for kids sharing video clips of themselves singing and dancing has become a powerful tool for activists speaking out against repression in Iran.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a look back at Ghana in 2022.
Starry-eyed claims such as “the World Cup brings down cultural barriers” simply do not stand up to scrutiny.
The arrest of a journalist could have been avoided, a policing expert says.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.
Razor wire, surveillance technologies and gated compounds – welcome to COP27.
Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police.
Iranian protesters aren’t satisfied winning small battles within the Islamic regime. Their aim is a revolution that will result in universal human rights.
In 1914, suffragette Mary Richardson slashed a painting London’s National Gallery to attract publicity to Emmeline Pankhurst’s imprisonment.
Climate protesters are destabilizing the idea that public galleries are safe spaces for works of art, held in public trust.
Protest is a way to keep potential abuses of the rule of law in check. But what happens if citizens and authorities feel protesters go too far in violating the rule of law?
A legal expert explains how climate activists could use the government’s own legislation to their advantage.
France’s ‘renewed partnership’ with Algeria may be less about exploring a difficult and painful past and more about pressing political concerns.
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer in criminology, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL