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Blogs, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, February 2, 2018 12:19 - 0 Comments
Comment | How to destroy a life: On one deportation among many
Late on Wednesday evening, a charter flight took off, under cover of darkness, from an unknown location in the south of England, heading for Nigeria and Ghana. This did not make the news, but it transformed the lives of hundreds of people forever. Luke De Noronha — whose friend was on the plane — shares his personal reflections.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 11, 2017 20:43 - 0 Comments
Analysis | ‘Greater Jerusalem’ and beyond: The Netanyahu-Trump Doctrine is Under Way
Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem signals a key shift in US Mid-East policy — from decades of rhetorical pretense to full and explicit alignment with the Netanyahu agenda.
Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, December 6, 2017 18:15 - 0 Comments
Politics | Susiya: Israel expands plans to demolish almost half of Palestinian village
Two weeks ago, Israel announced a plan to demolish 20 buildings in the West Bank village of Susiya, a fifth of the village. Today, the villagers were handed a document and map showing almost half their village is set to be demolished. If enacted, this demolition will constitute a violation of the most basic human rights of the people of Susiya as well as their most basic humanitarian needs for shelter.
Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, December 1, 2017 12:00 - 0 Comments
Politics | New documents reveal GCHQ tried to undermine the independence of its own regulator
Shocking new evidence has emerged of GCHQ's attempts to avoid independent scrutiny of its deeply intrusive surveillance activities. Once again, it has embarrassed itself publicly in trying to avoid public embarrassment, writes Privacy International's Millie Graham Wood.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 25, 2017 0:00 - 0 Comments
Analysis | “When I’m down again, there will be nothing for me”: The Government’s Unseen War on Migrant Health
New NHS regulations regarding charging migrants for health care have recently come into force. Beyond the headlines about cracking down on health tourism, denial of treatment and the imposition of debts are making vulnerable migrants lives a misery.
Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, November 14, 2017 17:21 - 0 Comments
Politics | Victory for anti-racism campaigners as Nigel Farage withdraws false claims about HOPE not hate
Following legal action by HOPE not hate, right-wing politician Nigel Farage has withdrawn claims that Britain's largest anti-racism organisation pursued "violent and undemocratic means".
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 3, 2017 17:41 - 0 Comments
Ideas | Place and Prejudice: On Liverpool, Hillsborough and Territorial Stigma
How was it possible for our institutional and collective reactions to Hillsborough to be drowned-out so easily, and for so long, by victim-blaming? A report released this week on the lessons of the disaster offers a timely reminder of the damaging effects of place-based stigma and stereotypes, writes Alice Butler.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, October 1, 2017 19:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis | Batons vs Ballots: On the Catalan Referendum
Today's brutal crackdown on the Catalan separatist movement by the Spanish government is a turning point in an ongoing confrontation that threatens to destabilise Spanish democracy and bring darker forces from Spain’s history back onto the stage, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 1, 2017 11:30 - 0 Comments
Opinion | Saudi’s bombing campaign is destroying my country, Yemen, and Britain is helping them do it
In the second essay in our three-part #StopDSEI series, Safa Al-Shamy gives her perspective on the motivations for the Saudi attack on her country, Yemen, the humanitarian crisis it has caused, and the UK's role in supporting it.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 1, 2017 11:30 - 0 Comments
Analysis | The war on Yemen is about capitalism, not sectarianism
In the first essay in our three-part #StopDSEI series, Tom Anderson reviews the roots of the crisis in Yemen, where the civilian population has been enduring a brutal bombing campaign by a Saudi-led coalition, supported by the UK, since 2015.
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