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May 8, 2019

Iraqi government plan to detain families of alleged ISIS members 'unlawful'

The plan will apply to all spouses, children, siblings, and parents of alleged ISIS members, whether the member is dead, disappeared, or in detention.
September 22, 2017

UN Iraq resolution 'missed opportunity for comprehensive justice'

A United Nations Security Council resolution allows for the investigation of crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq, but fails to include within its mandate abuses by anti-ISIS forces.
June 19, 2017

Use of white phosphorous in Syria may be war crime, says Amnesty

Expert analysis of videos shows likely use of US-made white phosphorus artillery projectiles on two civilian districts of Raqqa.
December 2, 2015

Bombing Syria: A handy guide to militarist euphemisms

As I write, the UK Parliament is debating government proposals to send troops to bomb Syria.
December 2, 2015

'Terrorist sympathisers' versus honest debate

When the Prime Minister referred to MPs voting against the bombing of Syria as "terrorist sympathisers", he illustrated much that is wrong with the West's approach, characterised by George W
September 23, 2014

The air strikes of the past: lest we forget

I remember the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and how, for a moment, I was seduced by the notion that we needed to re-run World War 2, ousting Saddam, the new Hitler.
August 28, 2014

Syrian war threatens international peace and security, says UN rights panel

Atrocities by Syrian government forces and non-State armed groups continue to take place, causing suffering to civilians and affecting international peace and stability, says a UN-appointed panel.
August 17, 2014

Nick Baines is mistaken: Cameron's policy is coherent, but morally foul

This morning, I was invited onto BBC Ulster’s Sunday Sequence programme to discuss my response as a Christian pacifist to the situation in northern Iraq. Our discussion followed headlines reporting that English church leaders have criticised the UK government’s response to Islamic extremism.
August 17, 2014

Don't bomb Iraq (again)

The stories from Iraq are getting worse. There is news of massacres and threatened massacres, reported deaths and abductions, the sufferings of Yazidis, Christians and the many Muslims who reject the message of ISIS. It makes me sad and angry in equal measure.
August 13, 2014

UN chief urges countries to do more to help Iraqi civilians

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraqi security forces not to intervene in the country’s political process amid heightened tensions and the threat from the Islamic State.