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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Swiss food? Bircherműesli? Bűndnernusstorte? Zurchergeschnetzeltes? Most likely, you probably think of Swiss steak, which is essentially steak smothered with tomatoes and onions. According to a new study, fewer Swiss are eating steak these days. According to Swissveg,  2.6 million Swiss people, 31% of […]

Did you know that hate crimes can impact places of worship? A hate crime can be any criminal or non-criminal act such as graffiti, vandalism to property, name-calling, assault, or online abuse using social media. Recent statistics from the Home Office have shown that there has been a surge in hate crimes directed at people […]

The British Labour Party’s International Social Forum at SOAS last weekend explored many of the same issues as ourEconomy’s new ‘Decolonising the economy’ series. It brought together an impressive line-up of speakers – including Jayati Ghosh, Gyekye Tanoh, Ann Pettifor and Yanis Varoufakis – with a wide-ranging group of delegates around panels on the climate […]

Elsa Alcala served the U.S government for 29 years until retiring last year. In 2011, she was appointed by former Governor Rick Perry to Texas’ highest criminal court, making her the first female Hispanic judge to hold the position.  For two decades, she served as a loyal Republican judge, but now she’s decided to leave her […]

Did you know that hate crimes can impact places of worship? A hate crime can be any criminal or non-criminal act such as graffiti, vandalism to property, name-calling, assault, or online abuse using social media. Recent statistics from the Home Office have shown that there has been a surge in hate crimes directed at people […]

In 2017, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, issued a report clarifying that protection orders, which aim to provide immediate relief and protection to a survivor of domestic violence, are part of a State’s due diligence obligation to combat violence against women. Protection orders, which can be civil […]

There’s no great way to say, “I’m sorry for persecuting you because of your sexuality,” but putting someone on the national currency is a good start. Mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing was chosen to grace Britain’s new £50 note. Turing’s advancements in the field of computers were overshadowed by the treatment he received because […]

Plusieurs méthodes différentes peuvent être utilisées pour recueillir des informations. Le point de départ est le plus souvent l’Internet. Certaines personnes vont même à la bibliothèque. Dans la plupart des cas, l’objectif est de repérer des informations qui ont déjà été recueillies par d'autres personnes. Cependant, il arrive aussi que les informations requises ne soient […]

The decision by the current government of Ecuador to revoke Julian Assange’s political asylum and hand him over to British police has paved the way for the WikiLeaks founder to be extradited to the US, an intention that was confirmed in June 2019 by Downing Street. However, this decision is not unrelated to recent events […]

I meet up with Alexey Gusev, the grandson of a victim of Stalin’s Terror, in a park in front of Kyiv’s Polytechnic Institute, just outside the city centre. Gusev, a heating and ventilation engineer, is well-prepared for our meeting – he sent me a short biography, complete with photographs, of his grandmother beforehand. In 1938, […]