Special Reports
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, November 29, 2013 22:15 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Egypt: Heavy sentences for female protesters a blow to political freedoms Special Report
On Wednesday, an Egyptian court sentenced twenty one women, including girls as young as 15, to heavy prison terms for taking part in anti-Coup protests last month, a case that has caused great alarm among civil rights campaigners. Ceasefire's Alessandra Bajec reports from Alexandria and Cairo.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 20:42 - 1 Comment
Special Report">DSEI 2013: Impeding the world’s biggest arms fair Special Report
London's arms fair, held last month, exposed the militarism and hypocrisy of the UK government's rhetoric on human rights, but it also faced new levels of disruption by campaigners, including daily direct action.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 10:57 - 2 Comments
Special Report">India: Notes from the Struggle in the Narmada Valley Special Report
The Jal Satyagraha protests and subsequent arrests in the Dewas, Hardwa and Khandwa districts of Madhya Pradesh in India are the latest round in perhaps the country's longest-running environmental and social movement since Independence. Matthew Birkinshaw reports.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, September 20, 2013 22:27 - 19 Comments
Special Report">Syria: Deciphering the Propaganda War over the Ghouta Massacre Special Report
The politicised debate over the realities of last month's chemical attack in Ghouta is a further manifestation of a propaganda war - being fought on all sides and for competing national and geopolitical interests - that shows scant regard for the human cost of the conflict.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, September 8, 2013 20:46 - 2 Comments
Special Report">The UK’s invitation to Narendra Modi is an endorsement of human rights abuses Special Report
The forthcoming visit to the UK by Narendra Modi, one of India's most controversial politicians, sends the wrong message about the UK's respect for human rights.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 21:32 - 0 Comments
Special Report">American Hunger Strikes Special Report
For the past few weeks, prisoners have been on hunger strike against indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay and against prolonged solitary confinement in California. Yet their peaceful protests have been met with repression and at least one possible fatality. Now is the time for international solidarity.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, July 15, 2013 0:00 - 1 Comment
Special Report">Stolen Lives: A new generation rises up against French police violence Special Report
Across France, a growing community-based protest movement is speaking up for the victims of systemic Police violence and the institutional State racism that underlies it.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, June 20, 2013 18:45 - 2 Comments
Special Report">Inside the Saharawi Refugee Camps: Is the UN part of the problem? Special Report
Ceasefire's Angel L. Martinez reports from Western Sahara and the refugee camps across the Algerian border, and speaks to refugees, NGO workers, UN officials and Sahrawi government ministers about the prospects for an end to the country's 38-year old occupation.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:29 - 5 Comments
Special Report">The Attack on Gezi Park: “No one wants to give up the fight now” Special Report
Steven Mahatma reports from Istanbul on last night's police takeover of Gezi Park. The brutality of the assault, he writes, has been more than matched by the resilience and defiance of the protesters.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, June 2, 2013 22:46 - 2 Comments
Special Report">Gezi Park: ‘This is a clean revolution’ Special Report
It is the repeated failure of the Erdoğan administration to engage with groups such as The Taksim Platform, consisting of ordinary people calling for dialogue with their rulers, that has pushed citizens over the edge this weekend.
