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Category: News
Women’s stories from the frontline of Sudan’s revolution must be told
Sudanese women are fighting back against the Islamist state of Sudan after 30 years of oppression and humiliation. Major hikes in basic living costs sparked “Women’s stories from the frontline of Sudan’s revolution must be told”
Radio Hakaya Podcast, episode 7: Labeeba – the female shawish
Radio Hakaya is a community radio project started by Brush&Bow in a refugee camp in North Lebanon. Radio Hakaya's podcasts feature individuals whose communities have “Radio Hakaya Podcast, episode 7: Labeeba – the female shawish”
North Korea is selling arms and breaking sanctions – does anyone care?
A new UN report confirms that North Korea is coming off best in its dealings with Donald Trump. The US president has little to show “North Korea is selling arms and breaking sanctions – does anyone care?”
Fractured friendships: Soviet-Afghan War veterans make their way through instability and conflict
Boris, a Ukrainian businessman, has decorated his office in central Kyiv with photographs from when he was an officer in the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan “Fractured friendships: Soviet-Afghan War veterans make their way through instability and conflict”
There is nothing shocking about the massacre of Muslims in New Zealand
It is easy to blame Donald Trump or white supremacists for the massacre that was committed by a white man called Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch “There is nothing shocking about the massacre of Muslims in New Zealand”
“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign
On 27 March, security services in Crimea carried out the largest house search operation of Crimean Tatar homes since Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014. ““My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign”
Jeremy Hunt thinks it would be 'moral bankruptcy' NOT to arm Saudi Arabia. Sorry, what?
Ending the sale of UK arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen “would be morally bankrupt and the people of Yemen would be the “Jeremy Hunt thinks it would be 'moral bankruptcy' NOT to arm Saudi Arabia. Sorry, what?”
Letter from London: Why ISIS rejoices in Trump, Netanyahu and Brexit
I was very sorry to hear of the death of your friend in custody. It must have been a terrible shock for you and your “Letter from London: Why ISIS rejoices in Trump, Netanyahu and Brexit”
The new nuclear deterrence and disarmament crisis
My book Security without Nuclear Deterrence, a new edition of which was published last year in the UK, explains my gradual rejection of pro-nuclear deterrence “The new nuclear deterrence and disarmament crisis”