Pandemic reflections on a year of being still
Last year, the pandemic put a stop to my itinerant life, perhaps for the better.
Category Archives: Opinions
Senegal: Impunity for Macky Sall’s regime must end
A collective of Senegalese artists and academics calls for President Macky Sall to be held accountable for his crimes.
Political quotas and ethnic engineering in the Western Balkans
Measures implemented to protect vulnerable ethnic groups are increasingly abused in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Ending Pakistan’s epidemic of enforced disappearances
Thousands of Pakistan’s Baloch have been abducted by security forces. Will PM Imran Khan act to find our loved ones?
To close its labour gender gap, India must address its data gap
Without data on the specific needs of female workers, India cannot address the pandemic's impact on its labour force.
Mozambican journalists’ lives are on the line in Cabo Delgado
The AU has stood by as Mozambique violently represses journalists covering the violence in the north.
The world must act now to stop the brutality of Myanmar’s junta
The army's power grab is not only destroying democracy, it may also lead to another onslaught against the Rohingya.
From the Arab Spring to the Great March of Return
How the Arab revolutions inspired Palestinian mobilisation in Gaza.
Biden and the ICC: Partial cooperation, selective justice
How will the new administration of President Joe Biden approach the ICC?
There must be truth and justice for Algeria’s disappeared
The 2006 Charter on National Peace and Reconciliation continues to undermine justice in Algeria.
Israel’s Dan David Prize and vaccine apartheid
Accepting an Israeli award for contributions to public health amid Israel's vaccine apartheid is immoral.
Human rights defenders continue to be killed with impunity
Five years after Berta Cáceres was murdered, governments are still failing to protect human rights defenders.
Spanish gag law: The original sin and ongoing penance
The arrest of a famous rapper is yet another sign of increasingly shrinking spaces for free expression in Spain.
Activism for profit: America’s ‘anti-affirmative action’ industry
How non-profits working to unveil 'problems' with policies that increase diversity obstruct racial equity in the US.
A war is being waged against academic freedom in Britain
The accusations of anti-Semitism against David Miller aim to silence pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses.
Khashoggi’s murder: It is time for accountability
The Biden administration should not let those responsible for the brutal assassination get away with it.
The way out of Somalia’s political impasse
Only a pragmatic approach can lift Somalia out of its current crisis.
Pakistan-Afghanistan border fence, a step in the right direction
The border barrier will decrease the number of cross-border attacks, but more needs to be done to secure the region.
A call for global vaccine justice
Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor.
The Arab world: Time for a reset?
We need a far-reaching public conversation about an urgent overhaul of national governance and regional relations.