Freedom House report highlights how Western interests mask human rights abuses
Strategically or economically important countries are frequently evading the opprobrium of the West despite their contempt for democracy
Ruby Stockham
Ruby Stockham was formerly a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. She has a Masters degree in Modern Literature and was the winner of The Spectator's 2013 prize for travel writing.
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Why did the PM miss so many opportunities to act on the allegations against the banking giant?
Labour announce new plans for childcare
Extended paternity leave and invigoration of Sure Start centres will allow more flexibility for families
Tristram Hunt’s zero-tolerance approach to homophobia makes perfect sense
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Tories spending £100,000 a month on Facebook
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UK study finds that 92.4 per cent of university professors are white
Race inequality persists at every level of the higher education system, according to equality trust
Five areas of education the Tories have made worse
The government’s education record is appalling, yet they are determined to continue with the doomed academy programme
#AskGalloway backfires spectacularly
Twitter Q&As remind the Bradford MP of some uncomfortable truths