The politics of disaster relief
Once again, ordinary people are bearing the terrible costs of greed and political power playing.
NATO Abandons Kurds to Ethnic Cleansing by Turkey
NATO has abandoned the Kurds to ethnic cleansing to keep Turkey onside against Russia. If the defence of Ukraine depends upon sacrificing the Kurds, we are not defending freedom. We…
The Briefing Jan 15
Review of the week's news including articles on Covid, Johnson's partying, Syria and the NHS.
Life imprisonment for crimes against humanity
A GERMAN court yesterday sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in prison for committing crimes against humanity at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. Anwar Raslan, a former…
It’s a crisis for the people seeking safe haven, not for us
NEWSPAPER headlines and politicians scream about the refugee crisis with the implication being that the whole crisis is too many people attempting to gain safe access to countries when the…