Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Dr J.C. Gaillard is Associate Professor at the School of Environment of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests include disaster risk reduction (DRR); participatory tools for DRR; marginalization and DRR with focus on ethnicity, gender minorities, children, prisoners and homeless people; small and neglected disasters; livelihood assessment and strengthening in DRR; and post-disaster resettlement. Twitter:@jcgaillard_uoa.
Disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes result from a combination of natural hazards and social and human...