International News
By Aditya Mishra, BA/BSc Social Science, Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year Trigger warning: Mentions of sexual assault and rape “It is reported that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who himself has a criminal history, had personally played a role in the release of two of those convicts.
International News
By Joe Dredge-Fenwick, MA Anthropology of Food and Intensive Japanese ‘The sense of colonial rejection does seem palpable. Whether or not the so-called “overdue revolutions” do bring needed radical change is yet to be seen. For now we can only hold tentative hope for the realisation of socio-political parity.’ Niger’
International News
By Maryam Mohammed, BA Korean and Politics As of the 9th January, the South Korean parliament officially put forth legislation banning all trade of dog meat. The decision was a highly anticipated one since the bill was proposed on 17th November. However, the topic of banning dog meat has been
International News
By Yasmin Turner, MSc International Development This year more than 40 countries, representing over 40% of the world’s population, will be holding national elections. Labelled by many as a “Super Bowl”, it is a record-breaking election year, with the ballot box battles poised to incur geopolitical and economic impacts
National News
By Roxanna Brealey, BA History and Politics ‘Whilst this data is shocking, the inequalities are not new’ Maternal death rates are currently at a twenty-year high according to a report by Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiries (MBRRACE-UK). Figures from this report provide new and alarming
Gentrification
By Archie Thomas, BA Politics and International Relations ‘We will continue to fight this application and the rampant gentrification it represents.’ On the 20th of December, Hammersmith and Fulham council voted, by three votes to two, to approve the redevelopment of Shepherd’s Bush Market in what campaigners have called
National News
By Jacob Delos Santos, MA Global Media and Digital Communications In January, victims of what has been described as the “biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history” reemerged in the British media, once more demanding legal reparations in response to the Post Office Horizon scandal. Since 2000, the UK’s
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By Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations The SOAS Students’ Union continues to face criticism over its failure to act upon allegations against the Co-President for Welfare and Campaigns – Sushant Singh. Following the 2023 Students’ Union Annual General Meeting (AGM), a motion was passed against Mr Singh that led
Drugs
By Ellie Sprinthall, BA International Relations and Korean Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide and drug use Following the apparent suicide of South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun in December 2023, police have announced they will look into how Lee’s drug investigation was handled. The late actor, best known for his
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Anonymous “The investigation was delayed longer than necessary to the point where the students missed an entire term. SOAS did not provide any support either internally nor provided sources for the students to seek help and advice.” On October 9th 2023, the SOAS Palestine Society conducted a protest on the
Censorship
By Amelia Casey-Rerhaye, Senior Foreign Affairs Editor On a chilly evening in December, I meet my friend for dinner in Amman. My head is spinning after spending all day trying to write an article in Arabic for a university assignment. She asks me about my day so I pose the
Foreign Affairs
By Amelia Casey-Rerhaye, Senior Foreign Affairs Editor On the morning of January 18th, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) levelled Israa University. A drone video published by Israeli media outlets captures the destruction of the last standing university in the Gaza Strip, which was eradicated by 315 mines detonated in and