Shumon Zahid is the son of the departed journalist Selina Perveen. “My sorrows know no bounds but if I live to see the war criminals are tried, the killers of my mother are punished, I know the soul of my mother will rest in peace”… Shanta Sultana “The […]
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The atomic bomb: history and its tragedy
Seventy-five years have passed since the nuclear catastrophe. And now is the time to revisit history and its tragedy: between 6th and 9th August 1945, the United States launched its most devastating device on two Japanese islands, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The debacle left more than 135,000 dead, 40,000 injured and […]
The pandemic made us worse
Following the lengthy lockdown forced upon us by Covid-19, which many have opted to continue, something in us changed – and social networks have a lot to answer for. We can no longer bear to live with difference, plurality or diversity. The pandemic forced us to isolate and coincided with […]
How ‘Israel’ lobby contributes to oppression of Palestinians
People have little idea really of the extent of the activity that is conducted in the UK to support the oppression of the Palestinians. David Miller / Al-Mayadeen Now if you include all of the organisations mentioned here together, just thinking about the UK, we’re probably talking about […]
Somalia, between war, famine and the worst drought
Food insecurity could affect almost half of the population in the coming months, through illnesses and deaths: in 2022, drought caused some 43,000 deaths, of which half were minors under five years old. Migration and the danger of spreading disease is increasing. The extreme and prolonged decline of the state of the country has multiplied the citizens’ needs, and this lack of options for survival exacerbates the tragedy suffered by children, women and the elderly.
















