Special Reports
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Special Report | As countries around the world push for nuclear disarmament, the UK and its allies resist
More than 75 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a landmark agreement prohibiting nuclear weapons has come into force this week. However, the five original nuclear powers, including the UK, stand in opposition. Steve Shaw reports.
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Special Report | As another election looms in Myanmar, its democratic transition remains a facade
This Sunday, almost 40 million people in Myanmar will have their chance to vote in their country’s second multi-party election in decades. Yet this democratic opening remains nothing more than a façade, Steve Shaw reports.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, September 17, 2020 11:43 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Systemic racism is a public health threat, just ask Palestinians
As a Palestinian who has lived under Israeli occupation, I have witnessed first-hand the effects of Israel’s apartheid system on the health and well-being of Palestinians, writes Rasha Kaloti.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, August 24, 2020 16:59 - 1 Comment
Special Report | During this pandemic, governments have waged a parallel war on the truth
Globalised catastrophes often lend themselves to domestic manipulation by the state, and Covid-19 has proven no exception. Jack McGinn reports on how the pandemic became a battleground pitting authoritarian governments around the globe against independent journalism.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, July 24, 2020 11:44 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Othering in the time of Pandemic
Global responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, from Singapore to the United States, have too often involved greater stigmatisation of already marginalised communities, notably migrants, refugees and minorities. This is not just morally abhorrent but presents serious dangers to global public health, argue Sanam Monteiro and Renugaa R.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, June 15, 2020 15:05 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Palestinian Lives Matter: The killing of Eyad Hallaq and Israel’s state racism
The killing on May 30th of Eyad Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian young man in Jerusalem, by Israeli police, has elicited enormous sympathy and outrage. It also provides a stark reminder that racist state violence remains a daily reality for Palestinians, Yousef Al-Helou reports.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, March 22, 2020 20:38 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Too poor to stay in? State responses to COVID-19 cannot ignore people’s economic realities
Protecting the health of the public must remain the top priority of states tackling COVID-19, but emergency measures cannot ignore the economic realities and pressures facing the poor and vulnerable.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:57 - 1 Comment
Special Report | ‘Need a coat? Take one. Want to help? Leave one’: Tackling the scourge of homelessness in the UK
In 2018, more than 700 homeless people died on the streets of Britain. As temperatures plummet, an initiative offering warm clothing to the homeless and rough-sleepers is launched this week in the UK. One of the organisers, Stefan Simanowitz, reports.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, November 16, 2019 16:19 - 0 Comments
Special Report | France: Why I can no longer stay silent on my country’s Islamophobia
Zaynab Kahina reports from a historic “Stop Islamophobia” demonstration in France, the biggest anti-racism march the country has seen in almost 40 years.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:31 - 0 Comments
Special Report | “This is mean and vindictive”: Osman Kavala set to remain behind bars in Turkey
Amnesty International's Milena Buyum reports on the latest from the trial of civil society figures in Turkey, including Osman Kavala.
