New Internationalist

The fraught path of transitional justice in Bolivia

A small feature on Machsom Watch, a human rights group operating in Palestine/Israel, appeared in print.

‘Just like a jigsaw puzzle, trying to find my place to be,’ belts out Xue Feng, lead singer of Beijing scream-punk band The Peppercorns. In a scruffy bar, tucked away in one of the city’s ancient alleyways, Xue and his ensemble – which includes a theremin, a Russian-invented electronic instrument …

How a London arms fair shields the war on Yemen At the invitation of the UK government, this week Saudi representatives are buying bombs in London at DSEI, the world’s largest weapons fair, and the state-owned arms company, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), is exhibiting its equipment to equally unscrupulous …

Since that now infamous Act 2 protest in Paris on the 24th of November in which the first riots erupted on the Champs Elysee, the gilets jaunes, or 'yellow vests', have been met by an increasingly heavy handed police response. The 15th of December in Paris saw this reach an …

Today is Human Rights Day and fifteen migrant rights campaigners, dubbed the Stansted15, have just been found guilty of a terror-related charge by a jury. After a nine-week trial at Chelmsford Crown Court for preventing a chartered immigration removal flight from taking off on 28 March last year, the protesters …

On a damp Sunday morning, a week before Remembrance Sunday, a bronze statue of a weather-beaten Indian soldier clad in British army attire was unveiled outside a Sikh temple in the UK town of Smethwick, West Midlands ahead of the Armistice centenary. Sculpted by artist Luke Perry, some of the …

Colombia’s peace deal promised the return of stolen lands. But it isn’t so easy to achieve, Mira Galanova discovers.

The Colombian peace process has been experiencing many setbacks during the last months. In the prison Bellavista in the city Medellín, members of the ELN and FARC talk about their perspective.

On a chilly evening in the gardens next to Westminster Palace, about 20 anti-monarchist activists are gathered with placards saying, ‘No taxpayer funding for the royal wedding.’ Two members of parliament soon join them – they’re receiving a petition from members of Republic

‘My mother said to me “this is just history repeating itself’.” Thai-British academic Giles Ji Ungpakorn speaks with Alexi Demetriadi

It's 100 years since Britain declared its support for the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel.

These brilliant women are defying cultural traditions in Nepal, and are becoming community leaders, environmentalists politicians and business owners. Lucy EJ Woods reports. After decades of turmoil, 22 governing coalitions in 26 years, a royal massacre and a merry-go-round of impermanent heads of state, Nepal has started to do things …

Britain’s largest festival about refugees and sanctuary is more relevant than ever. It is lunchtime on 21 June, the hottest day of the year so far. Two drummers signal the start of an outdoor African Fusion Dance Workshop. Dancing is not compulsory but participation is – the beat is infectious.

A little-known group of Indian Ocean islanders, forcibly removed from their homes almost half-a-century ago and left to their own devices after being deported to England, are still fighting for recognition and basic rights.

An all-woman band is using music to challenge China's rum treatment of woman migrant workers.

The continued division of Cyprus suits Britain’s geopolitical interests, as well as those of world powers that see the Mediterranean island as a useful pawn in a longstanding game of chess.

The Yemeni human rights defender talks to Lydia Noon about Britain’s arms deals, drones and gender discrimination during the war.

Citizens from around Europe are walking in the footsteps of refugees by walking from Germany to Syria.

Women in Iraq are rallying for their rights.

Six young revolutionaries pose on a photo from 1979. Side by side with Nicaragua’s current leader Daniel Ortega is Carlos Brenes. Then comrades, today they are fierce political opponents.

Gazan residents speak out and share photos about suffering Israel’s decade-long blockade.

Lydia Noon talks to the Saudi women’s rights activist about guardianship, Twitter hashtags, and suing the government.

The dry Middle Eastern country faces mass displacement due to severe water shortages.

First there was Brexit. Then came Trump. Now it’s Italy’s turn to reckon with the advance of populism in the west.

Youth seem more determined than ever to fight for climate justice, Chloe Farand writes. As naïve as we may have been, many like me didn’t expect a climate denier, who believes climate change is “a Chinese hoax” to bulldoze his way to one of the most powerful offices in the …

Human rights campaigner and volunteer Rob Lawrie speaks to Lydia Noon about people smuggling, bike riding and refugees.

Yemeni graffiti artist talks about about the country's civil war, reclaiming public spaces and painting what the mainstream media has forgotten.

Lydia Noon reports on a Facebook group whose members connect displaced people to their families.

Around 200 riot police officers entered Calais ‘Jungle’ at 7am on 29 February and began evicting refugees from the southern half of the camp.