The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The dreadful treatment of refugees must end
The Ukraine conflict highlights a systemic problem with Britain’s response to refugees, caused by a system which is not fit for purpose, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
People fleeing from Ukraine queue to board on a bus at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Friday March 4
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
WHEN serious international conflict breaks out, it is quite customary to hear widespread calls for peace and fair treatment of refugees.
However, we have grown used to these calls being widely ignored over the last three decades of wars. That has certainly been the case in just the earliest days of the Ukraine crisis.
In fact one of the worst aspects has been the response to the refugee crisis. This has numerous features.
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