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Rudaw • 25th October 2021

Husband of jailed British-Iranian national goes on hunger strike

BERLIN, Germany - The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Iran since April 2016, began his second hunger strike on Sunday, calling on the British government to do more to secure her release.

LabourList • 21st October 2021

The Nationality and Borders Bill is cruel – and will have dire consequences

MPs have returned to parliament this week, and will soon be considering the Nationality and Borders Bill at its third reading in the House of Commons. This is a shameful piece of legislation, which demonises refugees, denies the right to seek asylum in our country and criminalises the act of doing so.

Rudaw • 20th October 2021

EU says Turkey ‘backsliding’ on rights

BERLIN - The European Commission on Tuesday published their 2021 report on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, raising concerns about the state of rights, rule of law, press freedom and judicial independence.

Rudaw • 20th October 2021

UK repatriating three British children from Syria

BERLIN, Germany - The United Kingdom is repatriating three British children from a camp housing families suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) group in northeastern Syria (Rojava), it was revealed on Tuesday.

openDemocracy • 13th October 2021

Seven years in camps: Life for the abandoned victims of IS

In Sharya, under the northern Iraq sky, around 18,000 displaced Yazidis shelter in 4,000 tents. Approximately 3,000 families call the camp their home, and the stench of rubbish hits you well before you can make out the endless lines of fabric structures. It is a devastating place.

1st October 2021

Saeed's Story

3.8.2014, Shingal - by Saeed Yazidkhani

27th September 2021

Bundestagwahl 2021

SPD: 25.7% CDU/CSU: 24.1% Greens: 14.8% FDP: 11.5% AfD: 10.3% Linke: 4.9%

1st September 2021

Sharya Camp, Kurdistan

In Sharya, under the hot August sun of northern Iraq, around 18,000 displaced Yazidis shelter in 4,000 tents. An estimate of the layout of the camp suggests that it is home to approximately 3,000 families, and the stench of rubbish hits you well before you can make out the endless lines of tatty fabric structures. It is a devastating place.

Cornwall, London, Balkans: Sommer

13th April 2021

Berlin: Frühling

(A Fever Dream)

Centennial House, Dornes

Some books that were good for the soul.

30th January 2021

Berlin: Winter

Learning - and (not) returning.

8th November 2020

Berlin: Herbst

Facebook Watch • 28th June 2020

Digital Security Act and Prisoner of Conscience

"Where Is Kajol?" panel discussion broadcast in Bangladesh, with Kajol's son Polok, the South Asia Director of Human Rights Watch & the CEO of the Runnymede Trust, Halima Begum.

Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women (Review)

"Anyone here been raped and speaks English?"

The economy, stupid...

It's been perversely meta, having time to revisit some excellent recent books on the economy while simultaneously watching it crash and burn across the world. Forget Friedman v. Keynes, the current crisis blows the debates of the previous century out of the water.

Fair Observer • 12th May 2020

Missing Bangladeshi Journalist Has Been “Found” — Now He Must Be Freed

Last week, 53 days after his suspicious disappearance on March 10, Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was “found” by authorities in Benapole, 150 miles from Dhaka where he was last seen.

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