Tag: France
Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels
COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket list for years.
For me, it was...
From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific
In the West Bank, one in three Palestinians has experienced one or more incarcerations during their life since 1967, or 35 percent of the...
‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots
By Lydia Lewis
Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across...
Gaza hunger: 25 NGOs call for global priority on ceasefire and land-based humanitarian aid
Amnesty International
Human rights and humanitarian organisations present on the ground in the Gaza Strip have reiterated since the start of the current war that...
Archive: France protects abortion in constitution – The bicycle pump that ate Paris
Today is International Women's Day. On Monday, 4 March 2024, four days ago, French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine the right to...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week’s French Polynesia sitting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation...