Civil Rights
The Survivors of Srebrenica Deserve more than Mladic’s Conviction
Article by Kaya Purchase
Many survivors do not feel that such a sentence, though deserved, is enough to bring closure or relief. A prison sentence does not turn back the clock and cannot save those who suffered and died at the hands of this man. It does not amend the years of grief and trauma that survivors have had to endure. Further than this, there are some specific contextual issues that mean that this single imprisonment is not enough to even begin to heal the wounds that have torn the lives of so many people apart.
Free Patrick Zaki
Article by Kaya Purchase
On 7th February, 2020, Patrick George Zaki returned home to Egypt from Italy to visit his family. He was studying his Masters in Women and Gender Studies at Bologna University. Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, he was arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded. He was allegedly interrogated for seventeen hours before being taken to an undisclosed location where he was subjected to beatings and electric shocks. He was later transferred to a detention facility and has been in detention ever since, repeatedly being transferred to different facilities.
Photographs of Life & Dignity: the Work of Yousif Al Shewaili
Feature by Kaya Purchase
Yousif Al Shewaili’s photographs demand to be seen. For three years Yousif documented the lives of those who, like him, were stuck in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos. Since the devastating fire displaced the refugees living there, he has continued to photograph the conditions in the new Moria 2.0 camp.
Cañada Real: Europe’s Largest Shanty Town
Article by Alida Browne
In reality, the government's destruction of homes in an effort to halt drug trade in this area only addresses the problem in the short term. The drug trade is the product of systematic marginalisation of the poor; destroying these homes is only a short-term solution that doesn’t guarantee drug trade to stop whilst simultaneously destroying the homes of hundreds of families and children.
Devaluing Humanity in Counterterrorism: Xinjiang’s Re-education Camps
Article by Akeefah lal Mahomed
Terrorism, separatism and religious extremism infringe human rights to life and development. Paradoxically, China’s counterterrorism approach has systemised cultural cleansing, threatening human rights in different ways. The campaign for social re-engineering has morphed into one of cultural genocide.
Abortion in Poland: A Backwards Step?
Article by Alida Browne
The result of the new ruling in Poland will do nothing more than encourage dangerous or ‘backstreet’ abortions. Dangerous abortions are the direct result of a situation in where women are given limited or no access to safe terminations.
Ireland’s Battle to End Direct Provision
Feature by Liam Robinson
Direct Provision (DP), the system used in Ireland to accommodate asylum seekers, fails to acknowledge the human rights of thousands. It was first introduced as an emergency measure to meet the basic needs of those waiting for their application for refugee status to be processed. But what was meant to be a temporary measure is now a for-profit industry.
Politicised Deportations are Morally Corrupt
Article by Kaya Purchase
The Home Office has publically defended the Jamaica 50 flight by declaring that all those on board were dangerous criminals who have committed serious offences. However, this is seriously, and I believe intentionally, over-simplifying a complex situation.
The Battle Against Period Poverty Continues in Zimbabwe
Article by Lauren Dent
However, in countries like Zimbabwe, it is a different story. The luxury of toilet paper is very often not available, and one is lucky to have running water in a public facility, let alone free period products. Zimbabwean women continue to resort to makeshift period protection such as newspapers, rags, corn husks, leaves and even cow dung to help manage their monthly flow; they either cannot afford basic sanitary wear, or do not have access to it.
Tracking Faces and Targeting Races
Feature by Damilola Omotoso
Despite LFR's purpose of managing a population, it does not effectively do so for all people in a diverse society; heterogeneous communities consequently suffer.
Arrested for Being Human
Feature by Kaya Purchase
Sean Binder faces a potential twenty five years in prison. He was arrested for volunteering with an NGO in Lesbos, Greece, where he used his skills as a lifeguard to assist refugee boats in distress.