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Women and girls living under occupation: Voices from Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Syria
Drawing on their own lived experiences, speakers from Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine and Syria highlighted the devastating realities of women’s lives under occupation in an event co-hosted by the Ceasefire Centre
Women and girls living under occupation: Voices from Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Syria
Drawing on their own lived experiences, speakers from Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine and Syria highlighted the devastating realities of women’s lives under occupation in an event co-hosted by the Ceasefire Centre
Documentation as resistance: Civilians in Palestine continue to document violent occupation despite the risks
In June 2023, around 400 armed settlers stormed my town, Turmus Ayya, while Israeli soldiers stood by for at least fifteen minutes before entering. The
A slow death for Tigray with no peace dividend?
Is the Tigray peace agreement dead? Signed in 2022 under the auspices of the African Union, the Pretoria Agreement brought the armed conflict in Tigray
From Mitiga to The Hague: What does the El Hishri case mean for Libya’s victims?
For more than a decade, many perpetrators of human rights abuses and international crimes in Libya behaved as though accountability simply did not apply to
One suitcase, one tent, one world: On International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is often filled with celebration. Flowers. Panels. Campaigns. Words like empowerment and leadership. And those things matter. But today, I want to
War must not become the new normal: Art, solidarity and resistance four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating an armed aggression ongoing since 2014. On this grim anniversary, Ukrainian artist
Assassinating justice in Libya
On 3 February, Libyan presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot dead by a team of four masked gunmen in Zintan. His killing cannot be
What the Afghan data breach and superinjunction reveal about the MoD’s culture of impunity
In Portcullis House on Tuesday, former Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Sir Ben Wallace told the Defence Committee that ‘there is always a
Twenty years after the Haditha massacre, why are militaries no more accountable?
On the twentieth anniversary of the Haditha massacre, justice for the victims is still out of reach. The way wars are fought may be changing,
Documentation as resistance: Civilians in Palestine continue to document violent occupation despite the risks
In June 2023, around 400 armed settlers stormed my town, Turmus Ayya, while Israeli soldiers stood by for at least fifteen minutes before entering. The
A slow death for Tigray with no peace dividend?
Is the Tigray peace agreement dead? Signed in 2022 under the auspices of the African Union, the Pretoria Agreement brought the armed conflict in Tigray
From Mitiga to The Hague: What does the El Hishri case mean for Libya’s victims?
For more than a decade, many perpetrators of human rights abuses and international crimes in Libya behaved as though accountability simply did not apply to
One suitcase, one tent, one world: On International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is often filled with celebration. Flowers. Panels. Campaigns. Words like empowerment and leadership. And those things matter. But today, I want to
War must not become the new normal: Art, solidarity and resistance four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating an armed aggression ongoing since 2014. On this grim anniversary, Ukrainian artist
Assassinating justice in Libya
On 3 February, Libyan presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot dead by a team of four masked gunmen in Zintan. His killing cannot be
What the Afghan data breach and superinjunction reveal about the MoD’s culture of impunity
In Portcullis House on Tuesday, former Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Sir Ben Wallace told the Defence Committee that ‘there is always a
Twenty years after the Haditha massacre, why are militaries no more accountable?
On the twentieth anniversary of the Haditha massacre, justice for the victims is still out of reach. The way wars are fought may be changing,
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