News stories by Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

LONDON, May 02 (IPS) - Images of protestors flooding the streets – whether in Caracas, Bucharest, Istanbul or Washington DC – send a powerful message to those in power, especially when they are plastered across newspaper front pages.

LONDON, Nov 07 (IPS) - Many US citizens may instinctively believe they still live in the land of the free, but a new global rights rating system shows the country is far less tolerant than they may think.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 05 (IPS) - Civil society has been described as the oxygen of democracy by no less than UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. As the world's largest democracy, India has a proud history of inspiring people's movements and non-profit organisations looked up to by social change advocates across the globe.

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 28 (IPS) - Last month, after receiving threats for opposing a hydroelectric project, Berta Caceres, a Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, was murdered. A former winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for her opposition to one of Central America's biggest hydropower projects, Berta was shot dead in her own home.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 26 (IPS) - You probably didn't notice it was World Statistics Day last week because, let's be honest, statistics don't have the most exciting reputation. Thankfully, I have a feeling this is about to change, big time.