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By Josh Mock, BA Arabic and Persian Students showed solidarity with the Transgender community on 20 November at a vigil on the SOAS steps. Organised by Trans* and Gender Identity Student Officer Rachel Lindfield, the vigil marked Transgender Day of Remembrance, which ‘honours the memory of the transgender people whose
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By Ryan Prosser, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) Three SOAS alumni are battling for seats in the General Election on 12 December. The newest candidate is Bella Sankey, standing for the Labour Party in the Arundel and South Downs constituency. Bella Sankey hopes to become the first ever Labour representative
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By Anna Fenton-Jones, BA Middle Eastern Studies A cross-SOAS panel agrees that all groups must work together to accelerate change within the university in the face of the climate crisis. Representatives from SOAS SU, the University and College Union (UCU), UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN), and Campaign Against
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By Daniel Selwyn, Decolonising Our Minds SOAS has received up to £400,000 from the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) since the end of 2016, a student-led investigation can reveal. Using Freedom of Information requests, the investigation found that the University has delivered Regional Study Weeks (RSWs) on
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By Tallulah Rose Taylor, BA Social Anthropology and South Asian Studies Turkey’s military invasion of North Eastern Syria, also known as Rojava, has recently intensified with reports of war crimes committed with such intentionality that they have been deemed as acts of ethnic cleansing. On 9 November, Turkey began
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By Claire Dujardin, MSc International Politics Beginning on 12 November, rockets were fired between Israel and the Gaza strip. A ceasefire was declared on 14 November but has not been followed. 34 Palestinians have been killed, including children. This attack took place after the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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By Josh Mock, BA Arabic and Persian Life in Zimbabwe is failing to flourish amidst the country’s worst drought in years. Hundreds of animals have died while the World Food Programme believes at least 2 million people have been affected by the drought. According to Tinashe Farawo, Zimbabwe National
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By Frances Howe – Law LLB Waves of protests in La Paz, Bolivia have turned violent this month following the resignation of Evo Morales on 10 November. Evo Morales is Bolivia’s longest-serving and first Indigenous President. Morales resigned after accusations of tampering in the 2019 Bolivian General Election, where
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By Assia Hamdi, BA Arabic and History Grime artists and representatives such as AJ Tracy, Skepta and JME felt ‘used’ by the Labour Party in 2017. But what does this mean for the upcoming elections? Grime4Corbyn was a movement initiated in 2017. It incorporates famous grime artists alongside the arsenal
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By Ludovica Longo, Politics and Geography 39 people, identified as Vietnamese nationals, were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Grays, Essex on 23 October. Eight were women and ten were teenagers. One individual was confirmed to have gone missing from an asylum centre in the Netherlands. One month after
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By Assia Hamdi (Arabic and History) Efforts have been underway to link the US Government’s foreign aid expenditure with interests related to religious freedom. The second half of 2019 has seen the development of these agendas coalesce in various ways. From 16 -18 July, Secretary Mike Pompeo attended the
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By Chung Man Leung, MSc International Politics China’s policies in Xinjiang targeting the Uighurs have become significantly more ruthless. Since 2017, according to reports by various media sources, Chinese authorities have been systematically targeting Uighur Muslims and detaining them in ‘re-education camps’. Reports suggest that the Uighurs are