Israel rejects Amnesty report accusing it of enforcing ‘apartheid’ on Palestinians
Amnesty International accused Israel on Tuesday (1 February) of subjecting Palestinians to a system of apartheid founded on policies of “
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In Moscow, Orbán offers ‘Hungarian model’, blasts idea of sanctions
Amid simmering tensions between the West and Russia, after nearly five hours of talks in the Russian capital on Tuesday (1 February), the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blasted the…
February’s Language and the News
As we announced in January, by highlighting the everyday abuses of the language of public personalities and the media, Fair Observer’s new running feature prolongs the four-year-old tradition of The…
Stars are aligning for real EU reform
2022 will be “a turning point” for Europe. The winds of change blowing from some member states are bringing the EU into a new era, write Anna Echterhoff and Sandro…
Secret deals with conservatives expose Austrian Greens
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Amnesty slams five years of EU-Libya migrant deal
An EU-Libya deal under which migrants desperate to reach Europe are turned back and held in “hellish” conditions must be ended, Amnesty International said on Monday (31 January), the pact’s…
The ‘People’s Primary’ struggles to find candidate to rally French left
Former Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has won France’s ‘People’s Primary’, a citizen-led electoral initiative organised by left-wing parties. However, the new format has struggled to find a candidate that the…
Cyprus high court quashes UK woman’s ‘fake rape’ conviction
Cyprus’s highest court on Monday (31 January) quashed the conviction of a British woman found guilty by a lower court of faking a claim that she was gang-raped on the…
Europe’s carbon border levy could pose another post-Brexit challenge for Ireland
The European Union is planning to introduce a levy for carbon-intensive goods later this decade, but it risks creating more post-Brexit problems on the island of Ireland, landing importers of…
The Brief — My Kingdom for a Horse!
Nothing boosts a politician’s image better than posturing as a leader during times of war. As Boris Johnson’s approval rating sinks to an all-time low over lockdown parties at Downing…