Barrister, specialising in Extradition, Human Rights, Crime and Public Law - some time lecturer in Human Rights and Law at Five St. Andrews Hill @5SAH @BenCAKeith
Why do English courts refuse Russian extradition requests?
Russian Extradition requests have been declined by the UK Courts for a number of reasons. The main ones are:
* Breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to... Читать далее
No, Barack Obama did not weaken the US internationally. Obama took in some ways a less aggressive, and in some ways a more aggressive interpretation, of the US’s role in the world.
In... Читать далее
"The Clash of Civilisations and Remaking of World Order" by Samual P. Huntington
"Orientalism" by Edward Said
"The End of History and the Last Man" by Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama
These... Читать далее
Research Fellow in History and Politics at Queens' College, Cambridge. Author of the book "The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States" (Princeton University Press, 2017)
During and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States diagnosed the world of their times as increasingly interconnected. Many of them also described... Читать далее
Teaching Assistant of linguistics at Tunis University, author for Global Voices Online, blogger and activist fighting for human rights and against censorship.
First, we are talking about a small span of time in the life of a revolution. The revolution is a process: a revolutionary process. It generally takes a long time to achieve its goals. We... Читать далее
A migrant is any person who goes from one place to another, often seeking work, education, family reunification, etc.
A refugee is someone who is forced to migrate. “Forced migration” is... Читать далее
I think that the main reason is in the danger of disappearing. Different nations are getting influenced by another ones. They loose their individuality. For instance, in modern variants... Читать далее
Teaching Assistant of linguistics at Tunis University, author for Global Voices Online, blogger and activist fighting for human rights and against censorship.
How does it feel to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
> Editors Note: Lina Ben Mhenni was widely rumoured to have been nominated fort the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, for her work chronicling the country's revolution in her blog, A Tunisian... Читать далее
Teaching Assistant of linguistics at Tunis University, author for Global Voices Online, blogger and activist fighting for human rights and against censorship.
What were the main causes of the uprising in Tunisia?
Tunisians were really fed up with the authoritarian regime.
Tunisia did not experience more than two presidents for more than half a century. Both of those presidents have been forced to... Читать далее
Teaching Assistant of linguistics at Tunis University, author for Global Voices Online, blogger and activist fighting for human rights and against censorship.
Why did revolution in Tunisia have different results to those in the rest of the Arab world?
Let me say that I do not like this tendency to make comparisons between the different countries of the so-called Arab Spring. Each country has its own characteristics – geographical... Читать далее