Outside the system
Category: Foreign Affairs
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Government Silent on Whether it Helped Train Chile’s Security Forces Amid Mounting Allegations of Abuse
As repression in Chile brings back memories of Pinochet, Steve Shaw reports on how the Conservative Government remains secretive about their support.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Now is Exactly the Time for Global Comparisons
Paul Niland finds a pattern in the international responses to COVID-19, with populists who ignore the evidence having fared worst.
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The Rohingya, Uyghurs, Shiites, Ahmedis and the Homosexual: A Warning to British Muslims
Shahmir Sanni explains how the only way Muslims can defeat the far-right who demonise them is by joining forces with the LGTBQ community.
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Putin’s Pandemic Double Talk: How the Kremlin Betrays Russians at Home and Abroad
Kseniya Kirillova reports on how, from prison conditions to repatriating citizens, officials are a major threat to Russians during the COVID-19 crisis.
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‘So Much Agony and Suffering’ – Eye Witness Accounts of US Somalia Drone Strikes
As the US makes a rare admission of killing Somali civilians, CJ Werleman gathers eye witness accounts of a drone strike that may well have killed hundreds.
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Three Russian Doctors Treating Coronavirus Patients Fall from Windows
@Life_Disrupted reports on two senior medical staff fatalities and one critically injured while complaints about Vladimir Putin’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis mount.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Brazilian President Dismisses COVID-19 as ‘Sniffles’ – But it Might Be Terminal For Him
Monica Piccinini reports on Jair Bolosnaro’s approach to COVID-19 and the likely impact on him and his people.
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Governed by Opinion? Governments and the Public Mood in a Crisis
Ian Sinclair looks at the role of Opinion Polls in shaping the Politics of the Pandemic and compares with the precedents of Afghanistan and Iraq.
