Balancing Fairness and Stability in Syria’s Political Transition
How do you rebuild an economy soaked in blood? In post-Assad Syria, a committee is striking quiet deals with oligarchs. Billions are at stake, and so is justice.
This Is How You Conduct Genocide by the Regulations
A human rights lawyer spent years advocating against Israeli restrictions on access to and from Gaza. But even she did not anticipate how quickly the bureaucratic structures created to control the population in Gaza could be used to facilitate their destruction.
The UK’s Fragmenting Politics
The launch of a new left-wing party in the U.K. shows that political fragmentation is unlikely to be quickly reversed, and comes at a time when small electoral changes could have outsize effects.
Belgium’s Broken Prisons
Belgium’s prisons are in crisis. Hard-line policies, crumbling infrastructure and staff shortages have made them overcrowded holding pens — not just for criminals but for the poor, the undocumented and the mentally ill. The crisis continues despite civil society efforts, guards-turned-whistleblowers, extreme violence exposed on TikTok and government promises.
Covering Gaza
As Palestinians in Gaza are starved, bombed and burned, fleeing between areas, attempting to avoid snipers, scavenging from dirt to feed their children and themselves, even those who want to write cannot find the time or the strength. But what they say about their lives deserves recording.