Driven mad: inside a Libyan detention centre for female migrants

Published on Middle East Eye.net, May 9, 2015: Women held in poor conditions for long periods after failed Mediterranean crossings want to go home, but funds are lacking.

TRIPOLI – Two women gaze out through the broken grill covering one of the windows of the Sorman Detention Centre for illegal immigrants. They are among seven long-term detainees who arrived in Libya in search of a better life but instead found themselves incarcerated in a dank prison which eventually drove them mad. Continuer la lecture de « Driven mad: inside a Libyan detention centre for female migrants »

Clear-Cutting (in the Valcea region of the Carpathian Mountains) in Romania

Logging Threatens One of Europe’s Last Virgin Forests – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nils Klawitter, May 8, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

One of Europe’s most beautiful forest areas is disappearing piece by piece in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains. Some of the logging is illegal. The wood is then sold to make flooring or heating pellets that are sold in Germany and other countries. Continuer la lecture de « Clear-Cutting (in the Valcea region of the Carpathian Mountains) in Romania »

The looming Iraq (economic) disaster

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Salah Nasrawi, May 7, 2015.

As Iraq remains bogged down with the war against IS, another catastrophe could be on the horizon.

The Iraqi government is considering a set of measures to deal with the crushing financial crisis, which many fear could lead to economic collapse and accelerate the breakup of the divided and war-torn country.   Continuer la lecture de « The looming Iraq (economic) disaster »

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