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Janine di Giovanni

Janine di Giovanni

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Janine di Giovanni is the founder and chief executive of The Reckoning Project, an international NGO documenting war crimes and advancing accountability efforts in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. A veteran war correspondent with more than three decades of experience, she has reported from nearly every major conflict zone of the modern era and witnessed three genocides, with a career focused on human rights and civilian protection. She is the author of eight books and the recipient of more than a dozen journalistic and humanitarian awards. She has previously held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. She lives between New York City and Paris and is the mother of one son.
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An ambulance travels towards a checkpoint set up by the army on the road between Bakhmut and Luhanske, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine. AP
A war in Ukraine could spark Europe's next big refugee crisis

The continent already has a problem dealing with those fleeing war, and it may be about to get worse

CommentFebruary 14, 2022
US President Joe Biden pauses as he listens to a question about the bombings at the Kabul airport in August in Washington. AP Photo
Biden is no A+ student but he's still America's best bet

I've given the US President a better grade for his first year in office than many of my compatriots have

CommentJanuary 19, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes, centre, at the federal court in San Jose, California, on January 3. AP
The Elizabeth Holmes verdict and America's justice system

Compare the cases of Anthony Broadwater with those of two white American women

CommentDecember 26, 2021
Fighter jets fly past a church in Croatia. AFP
Western reticence is endangering Bosnia and the Balkans

A shaky peace deal drawn up decades ago is on the brink of collapse

CommentNovember 28, 2021
A man paddles his boat at the Chebayesh marsh, Dhi Qar province, Iraq, August 13. Reuters
Why is it so hot in the Middle East?

The link between climate change and future conflicts is especially worrying

CommentNovember 07, 2021
The destroyed edifice of the Church of St Mary Al Tahira in Qaraqosh on Iraq's Nineveh plain, on December 27, 2016. The offensive to retake the Iraqi city from ISIL began in mid-October. Shortly afterwards, Iraqi forces and local militias drove out ISIL from Qaraqosh, 10 miles east of Mosul. Getty
Christians in Iraq and the Middle East must keep faith

Despite dwindling community numbers, as churches and villages are being rebuilt, there is hope

CommentOctober 14, 2021
"Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina in the pink inmate's uniform arrives from the Nyarugenge prison with Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) officers at the Nyarugenge Court of Justice in Kigali, Rwanda, on September 25, 2020. He was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison on terror charges. AFP
Rwanda's battle for the soul

The conviction of Paul Rusesabagina on terror charges has divided Rwandans

CommentSeptember 28, 2021
Pedestrians and police run as a tower of the World Trade Center collapses, after two planes crashed into the complex destroying New York's mighty twin towers September 11, 2001. Loss of life is expected to be catastrophic from the collapse of the giant towers where some 50,000 people work. Reuters CLH/
After 9/11, America was no longer invincible

The date lit off a series of attacks and emboldened terrorist groups around the world

CommentSeptember 10, 2021
Taliban fighters patrol the mountains of Jalalabad on October 14, 2001. AFP
Afghanistan will go back to how it was when I went there in 2001

Don't be fooled by Taliban 2.0. It will roll back all the progress the country made over the past 20 years

CommentAugust 20, 2021
An elderly patient receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine, at a clinic at Orange Farm, near Johannesburg. AP
A message for the anti vaxxers in the US

It’s really quite simple: get the jab

CommentAugust 08, 2021
Spain's fans react after their team lost against Italy while watching on a television the Euro 2020 soccer championship semifinal match between Italy and Spain, in Pamplona, Spain on, July 6. AP
Why sports and domestic violence are linked

Sport saves lives and at its best, is not about anger and violence

CommentJuly 24, 2021
Activists hold a sign demanding the release of human rights activists jailed in Iran near the Iranian embassy in Paris, France. EPA
Virtual memorials humanise victims in the digital age

An online database of victims of Iranian oppression can serve as a model for other countries

CommentJuly 07, 2021
A boy plays on a swing at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Saturday, May 1, 2021. It has been more than two years that some 27,000 children have been left to languish in al-Hol camp. Most of them not yet teenagers, they are spending their childhood in a limbo of miserable conditions with no schools, no place to play or develop and seemingly no international interest in resolving their situation. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
The case for repatriating ISIS families in Syrian camps

European governments are under pressure from rights’ groups to bring their citizens home

CommentJune 08, 2021
Kurdish soldiers have played major roles in recent conflicts in Syria and Iraq. AFP
Will we ever see an independent Kurdistan?

A nation for Kurds is a noble goal, but it will require international political will

CommentMay 12, 2021
This image from video shows Minneapolis police Officers Thomas Lane, left and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd, centre, to a police vehicle in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Court TV via AP
George Floyd wasn't the only one and America needs to sit up

How many more deaths? How institutions handle race must be scrutinised. Start with the justice system

CommentApril 27, 2021
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