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  • ‘Uncharted’: how white narratives distort and orientalise Cypriot history and identity

    ‘Uncharted’: how white narratives distort and orientalise Cypriot history and identity

    CN: trauma OPINION ‘Uncharted’ is a four-part vlog-style Youtube series on the Cyprus conflict by YouTuber, Johnny Harris. I have watched the entirety of this insensitive, offensive series, so that you don’t have to. I will delve into my thoughts below, so you know exactly the reasons why you shouldn’t waste your precious energy on […]

    Anastasia Gavalas

    12th Dec 2021
    Cyprus
    Cyprus problem, documentary, human rights, Johnny Harris, politics, YouTube
  • The French far right has never been stronger in my lifetime

    The French far right has never been stronger in my lifetime

    CN: xenophobia, Islamophobia OPINION Out of sheer curiosity, I opened YouTube and watched Eric Zemmour’s campaign video for the 2022 presidential elections. Filled to the brim with nostalgia for a France that never was and apocalyptic warnings, the Beethoven symphony playing in the background was at least soothing. Ten minutes is a long time, especially […]

    Julie Luebken

    7th Dec 2021
    France
    Eric Zemmour, far right, Marine Le Pen, politics, presidential elections
  • Dictator with feet of clay: what we learnt from Lukashenko’s BBC interview

    Dictator with feet of clay: what we learnt from Lukashenko’s BBC interview

    ANALYSIS “We’ll massacre all the scum that you have been financing” – fighting words from Europe`s last dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. During his interview with BBC’s Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, Lukashenko expressed his contempt for what he calls Western-sponsored NGOs in Belarus. Lukashenko can hardly hold back his anger against the questions posed by Rosenberg on […]

    Marie Degenfeld-Schonburg

    2nd Dec 2021
    Belarus
    EU, Lukashenko, migration, Steve Rosenberg
  • ‘They are trying to divide us’: Bosnian anti-corruption activists speak out against ‘ruling party’ tactics

    ‘They are trying to divide us’: Bosnian anti-corruption activists speak out against ‘ruling party’ tactics

    REPORT The last month has seen a flurry of protests across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Peace protests first unfolded at the end of October as Serb nationalist rhetoric threatened to destabilise the fragile peace in the country. More recently, miners from across Bosnia have gone on strike in protest of government plans to restructure indebted coal […]

    Georgio Konstandi

    29th Nov 2021
    Bosnia
    anti-corruption, human rights, miner strikes, politics, protests
  • The political games threatening human life at the Poland-Belarus border

    The political games threatening human life at the Poland-Belarus border

    CN: death ANALYSIS The ‘migration crisis’ between Poland and Belarus may have hit the mainstream global news cycle in early November, but the origins of the contest reach much farther back. The crux of the issue is not about migration specifically, but is in fact a broader political disagreement between the EU and Belarus’ Lukashenka. […]

    Eliza Miller

    25th Nov 2021
    Belarus, Poland
    asylum, borders, EU, European Union, human rights, Lukashenko, migration, politics
  • ‘The Serbian state supports the glorification of war criminals’: an interview with the organisation fighting to remove Mladić murals

    ‘The Serbian state supports the glorification of war criminals’: an interview with the organisation fighting to remove Mladić murals

    CN: war, genocide triumphalism VIDEO In July this year, a mural honouring convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić was painted on a building in central Belgrade. This had occurred on the same day that Bosnia’s outgoing High Representative, Valentin Inzko, imposed changes to Bosnia’s Criminal Code that would prohibit the denial of genocide and glorification of […]

    Georgio Konstandi

    10th Nov 2021
    Serbia
    activism, Bosnian War, ethnic nationalism, Greater Serbia, history, human rights, politics, protests, Ratko Mladić, society, war criminals
  • ‘Clarifications are not good enough’: Poles demand abortion law U-turn after pregnant woman dies

    ‘Clarifications are not good enough’: Poles demand abortion law U-turn after pregnant woman dies

    CN: death It seems to be a never-ending epic in Poland. Though one without a comforting victory. Once again, Poles are marching against the near-total abortion ban that came into effect a year ago. Protesters have linked the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman named Izabela, who died of sepsis 22 weeks into her pregnancy, […]

    Georgio Konstandi

    9th Nov 2021
    Poland
    European Union, far right, human rights, PiS, politics, society, women
  • ‘Today, we fear for our lives again’: co-organiser of Sarajevo protests calls on peace implementers to act

    ‘Today, we fear for our lives again’: co-organiser of Sarajevo protests calls on peace implementers to act

    CN: genocide, war, trauma INTERVIEW The ongoing security crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina shows no sign of abating. Bosnian-Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, continues to peddle a secessionist rhetoric that is yet to provoke meaningful repercussions for the politician. Now, documents accessed by regional press indicate the nationalist leader seeks to create a parallel judiciary, armed […]

    Georgio Konstandi

    8th Nov 2021
    Bosnia
    Bosnian War, ethnic nationalism, human rights, Milorad Dodik, nationalism, politics, protests, Sarajevo, security, Western Balkans
  • Europe’s amnesia of Bulgaria’s ‘Revival Process’ and its Turkish victims

    Europe’s amnesia of Bulgaria’s ‘Revival Process’ and its Turkish victims

    CN: ethnic cleansing, murder, Islamophobia, Turcophobia, trauma OPINION While Germany is known for being home to the biggest Turkish diaspora, Bulgaria is home to the largest autochthonous Turkish community in Europe. Bulgaria is the historical land of origin of around 600 000 ethnic Turks, who are also citizens of the European Union by being citizens of […]

    Francesco Trupia

    4th Nov 2021
    Bulgaria
    ethnic cleansing, history, human rights, politics, Revival Process
  • Poland and the EU: a case study in pandering to authoritarianism

    Poland and the EU: a case study in pandering to authoritarianism

    OPINION Poland could introduce another draconian law to further restrict civil liberties. The bill, proposed by right-wing activist Kaja Godek, would amend existing legislation on public congregations, banning peaceful protests for LGBT rights. ‘Questioning marriage as a union of man and woman, propagating same-sex marriage, propagating adoption by such couples, propagating gender as separate from […]

    Krystian Schneyder

    3rd Nov 2021
    Poland
    authoritarianism, European Union, far right, human rights, migrant rights, politics
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