This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many ...

The commonly (but not universally) accepted definition of state sponsored terrorism is “bad government”. A fancy term for the mass murder such bad government produces is “democide”. The 20th century ...

Last week, members of the Climate Justice Charter movement laid charges of culpable homicide against several top government officials, including President Ramaphosa. They say the charges are warranted ...

Nepal stands on the deadline of election approximately 150 days with all functions of investigations almost dead with no technological proof that social media will be misinformation free and no ...

How would you act if someone was right in front of you, was armed, had expressed unwavering intent to kill you, and was acting on that intent? Would you ask them to reconsider, try to shame them into ...

Democide is defined in as “the of members of a country’s as a result of its government’s policy, including by direct action, , and “. () I’d translate “democide” into Sinhala as “praja-naashaka” or ...

Regarding "Implement gun ownership sanity immediately," (Nov. 27): People continually complain about Americans being very well armed as a populace. How soon Americans forget history. In the 20th ...