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    The spiral of violence in Balochistan

    Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

  • From bystander to peacebuilder

    Vlad Sakovich reports on People First, a new campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and forcefully transferred Ukrainian children

  • The flag of Kanaky (New Caledonia)

    Kanaky Rising: A timeline of struggle

    A 250-year struggle to liberate Kanaky (New Caledonia) from French colonial rule continues today. Gerry Hart traces the history

  • Three photos: A bald masculine person wearing court robes stands behind a bank of computers; a scene of levelled buildings and debris after a bombing; a crowd of smiling people wearing keffiyehs and Palestine flags holds a large pink heart sign reading Thank you, South Africa

    Palestine must be free, with the law on it side

    An interview with Ahmed Abofoul of human rights organisation Al- Haq on the need for international rights and legal mechanisms to stop the genocide in Gaza

  • 9/11, Prevent, Palestine: two decades of rising Islamophobia

    Asim Qureshi reports on Red Pepper’s role in documenting the spiralling violence of the global ‘war on terror’

  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at a rally with a backdrop reading 'Britain needs reform'

    Immigration is not the issue

    Immigration is not a real concern for voters, argues Daniel Sohenge, but the language around it is a major problem. We must demand a new approach – prioritising dignity and respect

  • A young girl in a red skirt and top walks along a sandy road lined by shacks, in a refugee camp

    The ongoing battle for Rohingya rights

    The majority of the Rohingya people are now refugees, scattered across neighbouring countries and trapped in overcrowded camps. Miriam Bradley reports on a painful, ongoing crisis fading from western consciousness

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