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Montenegro’s struggle for sovereignty ‘was never an internal issue’: an interview with political analyst, Ljubomir Filipović
INTERVIEW Up to 40 citizens were left injured after riots erupted in Montenegro earlier this month. Protesters sought to prevent the inauguration of Bishop Joanikije as the new head of Montenegro’s branch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC). The decision to hold the Bishop’s inauguration in Cetinje – Montenegro’s old royal capital that is considered…
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Ceuta and Melilla: externalised border control, systematic violence
CN: this article contains discussion of xenophobia and violence OPINION Between 17 and 19 May 2021, some 10 000 migrants crossed the border into Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco had relaxed its border controls in Ceuta in retaliation against Spain’s decision to allow Brahim Gali, a leader of the Polisario Front – a militant organisation opposed…
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‘Hope is in humanity’: an interview with the activist raising thousands for Beirut’s queer civilians
CN: this interview contains detailed discussion of queerphobic violence, abuse, trauma and persecution VIDEO On 4 August 2020, nearly 3 000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion killed over 200 people and displaced an estimated 300 000. Within the broader humanitarian crisis that ensued, there exists another…
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Androniki and prehistoric pottery: a look at non-binary gender expression in Cypriot culture
Support Politika News on Patreon. With special thanks to Ilaeira. ESSAY ‘It’s cultural’, people have often said to me. The tenacity of multiple systems of oppression – patriarchy, heteronormativity, racism – suggests they are and always have been endemic in Cypriot culture. As a member of the Cypriot diaspora, it has certainly felt that way.…
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The Domestic Abuse Act does not go far enough in protecting women and gender minorities
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of misogyny, violence against women, transphobic abuse, queerphobia and domestic violence OPINION Domestic abuse is endemic in UK society, with women and gender minorities being disproportionately affected. The latest Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) shows that in 2018/2019 an estimated 1.8 million women…
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Re-thinking July 1974: problematic discourse in Cyprus’ Greek-speaking diaspora
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this video contains discussion of trauma, displacement, and war VIDEO As Cypriot communities commemorate the events of July 1974 (as well as the decades prior) that led to Cyprus’ partition, Politika News Editor, Georgio Konstandi and From Root To Vine creator, Maria Christodoulou, sit down to discuss problematic discourses…
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Compellingly nuanced and a crucial contribution to its field: a review of ‘The Muslim Resolutions’
Support Politika News on Patreon. REVIEW The Muslim Resolutions: Bosniak Responses to World War Two Atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Dr. Hikmet Karčić, Dr. Ferid Dautović, and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, June 2021) The social and political position of the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) community in the Nazi-puppet state,…
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Divisive politics and Northern Ireland’s obsession with flags
Support Politika News on Patreon. OPINION Northern Irish citizens, whichever side of the political spectrum they find themselves on, have an undeniably unhealthy obsession with flags, or ‘flegs’. While these pieces of coloured cloth are used as symbols of cultural or political identity the world over, in few places have they provoked such controversy and…
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Remembering the genocide in Srebrenica: an interview with survivor, Almasa Salihović
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this interview contains discussion of genocide, war-related violence, threats, trauma, and grief VIDEO This week marks 26 years since genocide was perpetrated in Srebrenica, in July 1995. The genocide took place within the context of the Bosnian War, which lasted from 1992 to 1995. In Srebrenica, 8,372 Bosniaks (Bosnian…
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‘Migration should not be labelled a crisis’: SolidariTee founder talks to Politika News about the realities behind Lesvos
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of anti-refugee violence and xenophobia INTERVIEW Despite the decrease in the number of refugees arriving at Greek islands such as Lesvos, last year saw a rise in the number of recorded dead and missing refugees in the Aegean. Meanwhile, Greece faces another lawsuit in the…