The summary of the first 5 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 6 (per 24 November 2025) Day 6 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered the plea by the defense. The defense pleaded for Walid’s acquittal on the […]
Global Hunt of Journalists Is Feeding Totalitarianism
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 22 November 2025 (IDN) — The global assault on journalists is a deadly threat linked not only to authoritarian regimes—where free expression is routinely strangled—but also to some ostensibly “democratic” governments that actively seek to conceal their nefarious activities. Being a journalist in many parts of the world has […]
Bandung at 70: A Model for a World Falling Apart
Europe and China Hold the Tools By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 21 November 2025 (IDN) — “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, […]
Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 21 November 2025 (IDN) — On November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution endorsing President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF). Among its core tasks, the ISF is expected […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Heavy fighting in Kordofan
Situation in Sudan (per 20 November) Some of the heaviest fighting in a year has been reported in the Greater Kordofan region, between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and allied militias, with the centre of the conflict shifting, following the redeployment of forces after the RSF captured El Fasher last month. […]
Situation Report Special: Prosecution demands 20 years in prison, placing Walid at the center of a “well-oiled organization”
The summary of the first 4 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 5 (per 19 November 2025) Day 5 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered the indictment by the public prosecutor, establishing the identity of Walid, arguing jurisdiction […]
Perfect Peace in Antarctica
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 19 November 2025 (WorldView) — In 1772, sailing to the far south, Captain James Cook deflated the prevailing myth of Antarctica, that it was a temperate land, fertile and populated. Although he never landed on the continent, he saw the vast icebergs, the frozen sea and the “worst weather […]
Naval Nuclear Propulsion: A Two-Track Solution for IAEA Safeguards Integrity
By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA | 19 November 2025 (IDN) — More than four years have elapsed since the matter of the proliferation of nuclear-powered submarines reemerged after a gap of nearly four decades to place the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) squarely in the cross-hairs of a serious policy and legal conundrum. It also highlighted […]
Situation Report Special: Survivors speak in Walid hearing: “to me he is a perpetrator”
The summary of the first 3 hearing days can be accessed on the EEPA website. Walid hearing: Summary of Day 3 (per 17 November 2025) Day 4 of the court hearing in the case of alleged human trafficker Tewelde Goitom “Walid” covered four personal statements of impact from victims, and the personal circumstances of Walid. […]
Crime and Punishment
By Neville de Silva* LONDON | 16 November 2025 (IDN) — “I’m afraid there is no money”, an outgoing British Labour MP once famously said. Today, in Sri Lanka, there is also a shortage of state funds, which politicians and bureaucrats have pilfered. Some of the loot is lying in banks here and abroad, state […]