By Sharif Abdel Kouddous The writer is an independent journalist based in New York and Cairo. @sharifabdelkouddous. NEW YORK | CAIRO | 30 September 2024 (IDN) — “I don’t know how my spirit will accept that we are entering a new form of illegal incarceration,” the imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah wrote in a letter […]
Bangladesh: Interim Government Accused of Political Persecution of Journalists
By Abdul Rahman This article was originally published in Peoples Dispatch and being re-published with the author’s permission. DHAKA, Bangladesh | 18 September 2024 (IDN) — On September 16, the Bangladeshi police arrested two senior journalists, Mozammel Babu and Shyamal Dutta when they were allegedly trying to leave the country. With their arrests, the total […]
Ukraine War: UN Concerned about Prohibited Weapons Transfers
By J Nastranis NEW YORK | 15 September 2024 (IDN| UN News) — UN’s top disarmament and legal officials have warned of continued prohibited weapons transfers to Ukraine and Russia. Parties to the conflict war should abide by international law and protect civilians. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations […]
Ongoing Gaza War Aggravating Economic Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA | 12 September 2024 (IDN) — A comprehensive report by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has urged immediate international intervention to stabilize the economy of Gaza and support peace efforts. The report describes the economic destruction wrought to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in the aftermath of the Israeli military operation […]
OECD Criticises Lack of Equality in Educational Opportunities and Employment
By Jaya Ramachandran PARIS | 10 September 2024 (IDN) — Women out-perform men in education, but this does not translate into corresponding job opportunities. The lack of equality of opportunity is reflected in students from less advantaged socio-economic backgrounds performing worse in standardised assessments. Early childhood education is key for reducing the impact of family […]
Pursuing Transitional Justice in the Aftermath of Peace in Nepal
By Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU, Nepal | 9 September 2024 (IDN) — Ending a civil conflict is always an incredibly daunting task but ensuring a permanent peace that would enable the peace dividend to trickle down can often prove to be even more challenging. The unbalanced power dynamics and the inequities at the foundation of the […]
Ukraine Policy Could Break the European Union
By Michael von der Schulenburg and Ruth Firmenich* BRUSSELS | 2 September 2024 (IDN) — On 1 September, we commemorated the beginning of the Second World War 85 years ago with Nazi Germany’s attack on Poland. It developed into the cruellest and bloodiest wars in modern history, costing the lives of around 75 million people […]
UN Chief Assures Support as Timor-Leste Marks 25 Years of Self-Determination
By Michele Zaccheo* DILILI, Timor-Leste | 2 September 2024 (IDN) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on 30 September the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002. In a surprise move, […]
The Limits of Western Media Ethics
By Nana Mohammed* This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). NEW YORK | 30 August 2024 (IDN) — When I started out as a news assistant in 2010 at a local radio station in my hometown of Yola in northeastern Nigeria, I was determined to […]
Ukraine War: The Diplomatic Wrangling Hots Up With Modi Visit To Kyiv
By Stefan Wolff The writer is Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham. This article was issued by The Conversation under Creative Commons license. BIRMINGHAM | 29 August 2024 (IDN) — Ukraine’s three-week incursion has been countered recently by an intensifying Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian troops have also made steady gains in […]