War and peace
Violence
In Gaza, ‘Survival is the only objective’
Palestinian journalist Jamileh Tawfiq speaks to Hamza Ali Shah about working under Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Police violence against gilets jaunes sparks broad backlash
Riot police using flashballs and rubber bullets in France have caused severe harm. Now, a movement is growing to disarm them. Oliver Haynes reports.
Catching the cops
Aboriginal people are using a new app to record and report police brutality. Will it help break Australia’s culture of impunity? Ian Lloyd Neubauer reports.
Standing against state violence
The powerful shackdweller’s social movement is mobilizing against assassinations in South Africa. Richard Pithouse reports.
Namibia’s long fight for justice
Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma reports.
How Nicaragua’s good guys turned bad
Carmen Herrera traces the history of the FSLN, from socialist liberators to the increasingly brutal rule of Daniel Ortega.
Rape as communal violence in India
Violence against women is being used as a weapon of communal hatred, suggesting India should enact the Communal Violence bill, Nilanjana Bhowmick argues.
Why telling victims not to ‘be victims’ is wrong
Kate Smurthwaite stands in defence of this battered word.
And Finally: Meena Kandasamy
The writer and activist discusses domestic abuse, social media and politics in India with Graeme Green.
Another blow to Colombia’s peace process
The country’s President Juan Manuel Santos has cancelled peace talks with the National Liberation Army over a hostage dispute. Kimberley Brown reports.
Caught in the act: Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian
Noreen Sadik reports on the aftermath of a very public shooting in the divided city of al-Khalil.
Fortress Europe
The final part of Hussam’s story, set at the intersection of European immigration policy and the Syrian war. By Emily Gowdey-Backus.
Why are Haitians still eating mud cakes?
Four years after the earthquake, Haiti remains a country in crisis. Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby report.
What the Abu Ghraib images really tell us about war
US soldiers who posed next to hooded inmates in the Baghdad prison 10 years ago revealed the ‘banality of evil’, explains Sean Willcock.
Zamboanga, a city under siege
While all eyes were on Kenya, another devastating attack was taking place in the Philippines. Iris Gonzales reports.
Gaza: ‘Operation Short Memory’
Israeli writer Uri Avnery tells Gush-Shalom why he thinks Operation Cloud Pillar will achieve nothing but devastation.
Why do some conflicts get more media coverage than others?
Nick Harvey considers the role – and the agenda – of the global media in making the news.
