Britain’s new powers to restrict “repeat” protests mark the latest step in a quiet, decades-long erosion of the right to dissent against war and atrocity—an incremental bureaucratic tightening that, under the guise of order, steadily hollows out democracy itself.

Unless we recognise Umberto Eco’s characteristics of fascism shaping contemporary militarism, we risk sleepwalking into catastrophic global conflict, says AOAV’s Executive Director Iain Overton.

King Charles III’s official visit to commemorate Kenya’s independence anniversary has drawn attention to the unresolved murder of Agnes Wanjiru allegedly committed by British soldiers, prompting her niece’s plea for justice, amid growing discontent over post-colonial issues and suppression of protests.