I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.
But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
Best essay I have read on the war so far by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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For our #15thAnniversary, we are calling on you to help us raise £15,000 by 15 April. If and only if we reach this goal, a generous supporter will match the full amount, doubling the impact of every donation.
Justice is a collective journey. As we celebrate 15 years of LFJL throughout 2026, we are looking back at the partnerships that have defined our work and the people who have stood by us.
Today’s letter comes from our partner, Ahmed Alzaydani.
#LettersToLFJL
15 years of work is 15 years of shared stories. Our journey has been defined by everyone who has lent their voice to the cause.
As we mark our 15th anniversary this year, we will be sharing a series of messages from the people who make our work possible.
#LettersToLFJL
As our series continues, we share reflections that speak to the core of our work.
Today’s letter is from Asma Khalifa, on LFJL’s role as a steady voice for human rights in Libya, and its continued commitment to HRDs on the ground, even during the most difficult crackdowns.
We are incredibly proud that Revontulet has been recognized as one of the top 50 in 100 Pitches 2025 - Norway’s largest pitching competition for investor-ready startups! #oiw2025 #dnbnxt #startuplab
Holding up a copy of ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.
So, the 12-day war between Israel (& the US) vs Iran seems to be over, and the ceasefire seems to be holding. Here's a thread assessing what has changed, what didn't change, and what may be next:
This paper has been in the making for some years now, so am very glad to finally see it published and out there. Libya's Imazighen identity formation during conflict is based on primary interview data, and my memoes/notes when I worked with the Amazigh Supreme Council. library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...
Tomorrow June 19th, 2025, at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, I’ll be a co-panelist with Asma Khalifa (University of Marbur) & Inès Mrad-Dali (European University Institute)
Here's a big-picture geopolitical thread on Israel's war on Iran - its possibilities, impossibilities, dynamics, and delusions. My goal is to give you a full big-picture view in one place, which is why this is a long thread. If you prefer drip-fed updates, skip this thread.
This. A million times this 👇
When you are a country of 10 million and define your survival and security not as mutual deterrence but as military domination over a region of more than half a billion, your challenges are unending. 1/2
The lack of clear understanding and knowledge on Iran, drivers of the regime, policy and priorities of the regime, its culture, politics, etc is all on clear, fabulous display across English language media this morning.
Best walking view 🐺
Have you watched our latest #film Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry?
The investigation traces how detention centres across #Libya have become a part of a cycle of extortion, abuse, release, and re-capture, fuelled by #EU support.
Watch full video here: www.libyanjustice.org/news/film-es...
Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability.
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Today I will be joining "Everyday Life and War" webinar organised by The Arab Political Science Network (APSN), in collaboration with CEDEJ and the Middle East Studies Program at the American University in Cairo (AUC).
You can register to listen in us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Last night we saw why...
Fighting quickly exploded across Libya's capital, mortar stations set up on high streets, civilian buildings damaged, and Dbeiba's enemies pouring in.
There is no good outcome to this battle unless the international community step in to segway to a political process
Tripoli may be on the cusp of being the theater for warfare unlike anything seen since 2011 - an urban battlefield marked by drone strikes, street-to-street clashes, & guerilla warfare.
The vast majority of casualties in this context will unfortunately be innocent civilians.
Turns out it was more the former than the latter.
Brigades nominally aligned with the PM, and other forces from his home city of Misrata poured through Tripoli seizing bases of Ghneiwa's Stabilisation Support Apparatus.
Less clean than may be depicted today and sets a grizzly precedent for Libya
Update: Libya’s rival governments united in saying they would reject any deportations of migrants from the US www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
My long read for @ecfr.eu and probably the publication im most proud of in all my years doing this.
A deep dive into how Russia retrenched in Libya, uses it to project power from Ukraine to the Sahel, and the many lessons Europe or other frontline states can learn from it
ecfr.eu/publication/...
From June 2023, leading up to the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2024, we conducted an analysis of toxic narratives, their spread, and the tactics used to lend them credibility in Arabic and Swedish on TikTok and X in Malmö.
Read more about our findings here:
revontulet.co/insights/tox...
truly phenomenal article by @taliabhatt.itch.io , which everyone should read (and then should go read crenshaw's DAMN PAPER!)
taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/intersecti...
Call for Papers
Postcolonial Temporalities: Space, Time, and Identity in the Maghreb
19-20 June 2025 – IASH, University of Edinburgh – Hybrid
Please send a 250 word abstract and a brief bio (100 words) to maghreb.temporalities@outlook.com by 15th April.
maghrebtemporalities.wordpress.com
EVENT: Join LFJL's Elham Saudi and an expert panel for this exclusive webinar discussion examining the neglected conflicts in #Libya, #Sudan and #Yemen, their drivers and pathways toward resolution.
Thursday 10 April
9:30 - 11:00 AM ET
arabcenterdc.org/event/neglec... @arab-center-dc.bsky.social
