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Tag Archives: africa
Safe Passage Christmas
I love Christmas carols. Except one. I’ve always hated “Do they know it’s Christmas.” For multiple reasons: The victims of the Ethiopian famine that inspired the original song were Copts, so they bloody well did know it was Christmas. No, there … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, asylum seekers, Christmas, migrants, migration, refugees, sos mediterranee
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Intersex rights (often violated) are human rights
Originally posted on 76 CRIMES:
Logo of the Association of Russian-speaking Intersex People The “I” in LGBTI activism is the focus of a new report that spells out what’s at stake in the growing field of intersex advocacy. The freely downloadable…
Hommage à Jean Bigirimana
Je n’ai jamais pensé avoir besoin de partager un texte comme ça. Pas au Burundi. On n’était pas en Russie, on n’était pas au Mexique, on n’était pas au Soudan. J’étais énergisée par l’audace de mes collègues. Les journalistes … Continue reading
Quelques semaines sur l’Aquarius
Je suis toujours sur l’Aquarius (voir billet précédent). Jeudi nous avons eu la série de sauvetages la plus épuisante des six dernières semaines…un sauvetage “routinier” d’environ 130 personnes (si le fait que quelques centaines d’êtres humains fuyant le travail forcé … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, cameroon, en francais, europe, gambia, global south, italy, migration, reflections, refugees, sos mediterranee
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On the high seas
I promised that shortly I was going to write about my ship job and what I was doing here…I am currently on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea somewhere off the coast of Libya. I work for SOS Méditerranée, a … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, cameroon, en francais, europe, france, germany, global south, italy, Lampedusa, libya, migrants, migration, refugees, sos mediterranee, work
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“À toute personne qui s’y reconnait…”
Ce texte bouleversant sur la réponse à la situation au Burundi a été écrit par un Québécois du nom d’Alexandre Dugas et rendu public par l’Alliance des burundais du Canada. JE NE SUIS PAS L’AUTEURE DE CE TEXTE. Mais ça explique … Continue reading
Jean-Claude Guyot, un ami du Burundi et de ses journalistes, est mort.
Les professeurs universitaires belges ne sont pas, en règle générale, connus pour leur accessibilité, leur ouverture, leur altruisme, encore moins pour leur fou rire. Mais Jean-Claude Guyot l’était. En Belgique, le rapport que les étudiants entretiennent avec leurs professeurs est beaucoup … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, africa, belgium, burundi, burundi coup 2015, en francais, jean-claude guyot, journalism, mortality, music, obituary, radiostage, rd congo, you can help
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