Commentary

 

Commentary


 


Photo: Screenshot of The Mast news story [13.10.2020].

Photo: Screenshot of The Mast news story [13.10.2020].

 

Comments on strategies against autocratization in Zambia

In an op-ed, affiliate scholar Dr. O’Brien Kaaba (SAIPAR) and colleagues question the Law Association of Zambia’s approach of ‘quiet diplomacy’. The critique is based on fieldwork in Zambia and Zimbabwe on legal activism funded by the Breaking BAD project.

    


FOTO: NTB Scanpic/AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

FOTO: NTB Scanpic/AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Comments on ‘Women who riot’

Lise Rakner


Photo: Henry Nichols / Reuters / NTB scanpix

Photo: Henry Nichols / Reuters / NTB scanpix

The pressure on civil society increases as democratic space is shrinking

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner


FOTO: Jana Sabeth Schultz/Unsplash

FOTO: Jana Sabeth Schultz/Unsplash

Den gode «fiende»: Fra flyktninger til seksuelle minoriteter

Lise Rakner

    


Photo: Gado

Photo: Gado

Comments on recent crackdown in Tanzania

Lise Rakner


Photo: AlJazeeraEnglish/flickr.com

Photo: AlJazeeraEnglish/flickr.com

After 37 years in power, it seems that history has finally caught up with Robert Mugabe

Svein-Erik Helle


Photo: Xinhua

Photo: Xinhua

Norsk politikk må være ærlegare

Svein-Erik Helle

    


Photo: Matpakka/ANB

Photo: Matpakka/ANB

Vafler for demokratiet

Lise Rakner


Photo: Stoerer Dresden/Flickr cc

Photo: Stoerer Dresden/Flickr cc

Demokrati i forfall

Lise Rakner