Postcards: In Mexico, a wave of political murders eats away at democracy

LIZBETH DIAZ, of Reuters, reports from Acapulco on the rising number of political assassinations occurring in the lead-up to national elections…
Essay: Shinzo Abe’s killing – the history of political violence in Japan

In the wake of the assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe on Friday, UK-based scholars, HUGO DOBSON and KRISTIAN MAGNUS HAUKEN, explain – in an article first published on The Conversation – why the assassination is sadly not without precedent…
Bloody Mexican election campaign exposes chronic security woes

Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Abel Murrieta was handing out campaign flyers on the street this month when a gunman shot him in broad daylight at point-blank range, making him the latest candidate murdered in one of the bloodiest election campaigns in Mexico’s recent history. Running for mayor in mid-term elections on 6th June, Murrieta died […]