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“The war never ended for us”: remembering the Siege of Sarajevo
INTERVIEW April marks 30 years since the Siege of Sarajevo began in 1992. It remains the longest military siege of a capital city in history. The failed attempt by Bosnian Serb forces and their sponsors in the Milošević regime to seize Bosnia’s capital involved atrocities against civilians and crimes against humanity. The multiethnic and multi-faith […]
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“Why didn’t the world act sooner?”: remembering the Siege of Sarajevo
INTERVIEW April marks 30 years since the Siege of Sarajevo began in 1992. It remains the longest military siege of a capital city in history. The failed attempt by Bosnian Serb forces and their sponsors in the Milošević regime to seize Bosnia’s capital involved atrocities against civilians and crimes against humanity. The multiethnic and multi-faith […]
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Fascism knocks on France’s door this election… and this time it may knock it down
ANALYSIS With two days to go before French voters head to the polls, far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen stands just 2.5 percentage points away from victory in the first round of the presidential election (IFOP). Yes, you read that correctly. Never has a far-right candidate polled this close to the winner’s spot, not even when […]
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Art and protest in Putin’s Russia
ANALYSIS With thanks to Liza Malyan In the past few weeks living in London I have seen the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag on every corner. As little as a ribbon pinned to the lapel is a symbol of allegiance with the oppressed. It is easy to forget that the freedom to express […]
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Britain’s love affair with pro-Kremlin oligarchs
ANALYSIS London is a city designed for the rich. Those that have visited the city know that prices are exorbitantly high; beware of going for a pint, you may soon find yourself looking apologetically at your bank account. While the ordinary citizen struggles to maintain a decent standard of living, the wealthiest members of our […]
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Ukrainian Roma in times of war
ESSAY Russia launched its re-invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Since then, we have been hearing and reading daily accounts of the Ukrainian army’s responses to the advances of the Russian aggressor, and of the mass exodus of over 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees into neighbouring Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. It is the […]
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Thoughts from a Ukrainian refugee
CN: war, trauma OPINION How do I write that my older brother could go to war? How do I write that I cannot comfort my godchildren, wipe their tears away and protect them from the injustice now taking place? How can I write that the peace in which my goddaughter believes does not exist? Imagine […]
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President Biden, do not abandon Ukraine
Dear President Biden, You’re abandoning Ukraine. In your address on Monday 22 February, you said Putin was setting a rationale to invade Ukraine. You said he is aiming to take large sections of Ukraine by force. And you were right. He is taking more territory than even those controlled by Russian separatists. He’s launching attacks […]
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A letter from Kyiv
CN: war, trauma When I woke up on 24 February, I was expecting a day like any other. I’d have breakfast, make coffee, and head to work. I’d smile at our customers, trade anecdotes with my colleagues, call my friends and family to ask them about their plans for the upcoming weekend. “Maybe we can […]
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Arab queer film finds success: an interview with the director of Lebanon’s award-winning “Warsha”
INTERVIEW As the world marks LGBT History Month, film director of Lebanese and Syrian origin Dania Bdeir is making her mark as a contributor to queer history, with her award-winning short film, “Warsha”. “Warsha” follows Mohammed, a Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to operate one of the […]
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