Europe’s shame: the dictatorship of Belarus
A very slightly edited version of this article was originally published in The Independent newspaper on 8 September 2010. On Friday, Aleh Byabenin, one of Belarus’s leading journalists and human rights...
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The Politicization of Chernobyl in Belarus
Originally published by anti-totalitarian journal Dissent Magazine on 31 May 2011 WHEN THE reactor at Unit 4 of the V. I. Lenin Atomic Power Station, Chernobyl, exploded twenty-five years ago, the...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank and BNP Paribas stop selling Belarusian government bonds
Two more foreign banks halt cooperation with Belarus after German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Index on Censorship and Free Belarus Now that she would intervene to stop Deutsche Bank from selling...
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In Belarus, the freedom of the internet is at stake
Europe’s last dictatorship is clamping down on online activism, with a new law effectively requiring everyone to be a state spy As of this morning, the internet in Belarus got smaller. A draconian new...
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I’ve started contributing to the Guardian, with pieces on the how the government of Belarus is attempting to control the internet, why it shouldn’t be a crime to insult someone, and how Councils are...
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Chavez and the Racism of Low Expectations
If, as a local councillor, I was to spend my time consorting with street gangs who exercised authority without consent and packed the Council with political cronies selected on nepotism not merit, I...
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My speech at the World Humanist Congress 2014 #whc2014
These are the notes from my speech on future challenges to the internet at the World Humanist Congress 2014. EXCUSE FORMATTING In considering the threat to internet freedom, we need to consider the...
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