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
Victoria Brittain is a journalist and writer. She has spent much of her working life in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, writing for The Guardian and various French magazines. She has been a consultant to the UN on The Impact of Conflict on Women, also the subject of a research paper for the London School of Economics. She was co-author of Moazzam Begg’s book, Enemy Combatant. Her most recent work is “Shadow Lives, the forgotten women of the war on terror”. She is a trustee of Prisoners of Conscience and of the Ariel and Melbourne Trust.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinians in East Jerusalem: living under a deadly virus and a violent occupationThe coronavirus pandemic is revealing the ugly realities and the injustice of occupation which can no longer be ignored.
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Published in: HomeWar crimes, torture and impunityBarack and Michelle Obama will surely see The Report and remember the hope sparked by his first day as the president...
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Published in: HomeFear of forgetting – heroines who changed historySimone De Beauvoir and Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in the judiciary,...
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Published in: HomeNormalising tortureOn impunity, and the erosion of ethics in International Human Rights Law - from Guantanamo to Yemen.
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Published in: HomeLegal obligations on Palestinian rightsNo-one believes the Security Council will take the lead after so many decades in a cul de sac over Palestine.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaResistance and hopeThe village of Nabi Saleh is a story of resistance in the face of theft and violence. Rawabi encapsulates the vision...