EU has Responsibility to Hold SAF to Account

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Photo Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), made a legitimacy dash to Seville in Spain last week, to attend a UN international development summit, the first of its kind in a decade.  Addressing the conference, he made sweeping claims about Sudan’s important steps toward ‘civilian-led democratic transition’, claims…

Little Progress in Combatting Roma Attacks

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Photo by Michael Schmid on Unsplash The Roma Foundation for Europe has condemned what it claims is a sharp rise in racist attacks and discrimination against Roma and Sinti in Germany, calling it a test of political will and journalistic responsibility. The Foundation’s attack follows the latest annual report by Germany’s Anti-ziganism Reporting and Information…

Expat Rights

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Photo by Daria Mamont on Unsplash Are you an expat in Belgium with concerns about your rights? If so, an upcoming meeting could be just for you. It is organised by New Europeans UK and will be held both in person and online. The UK based group was launched in 2013 to help protect the…

Collapse of the World Order

Oleksandra Matviichuk

The current international peace system is outdated and ineffective, says Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient. Speaking in London last week to highlight the urgent need for justice and accountability, she said “We are witnessing the collapse of the world order before our eyes.” She told this site, “The…

Commission Urged to Rethink Embargo Policy

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Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash Brussels-based foreign correspondents association API-IPA says it has taken note of the European Commission’s formal reply to a case involving the European Ombudsman. The case concerns how the European Commission dealt with the request by a journalist working at a news agency to be added to a mailing list…

Brussels Think Tank Fights for Free Speech

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  A debate at a leading Brussels hotel had to be rearranged after what the organisers called a “cowardly” attack. The discussion about the new Donald Trump era and geopolitics was due to be held at the Stanhope hotel near the city’s EU Quarter on Wednesday evening. But, after eggs were thrown at the hotel,…