投稿者: Letters
Student unions should keep their memory alive, writes Peter van den DungenThe ruthless campaign by the Chinese government to extinguish all memories of the massacre at Tiananmen Square has now resulted in the removal of the sculpture from the campus of…
Friends and family of Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader react to her jailing at the hands of the ruling juntaWe, the friends and relations of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in England, would like to applaud the Guardian for your article (Myanmar’s junta condemned…
Huang Chia-lu responds to the news that a Chinese official is seeking election to Interpol’s executive committee, and urges the international community to support Taiwan’s participation You rightly point out the concerns of human rights activists and i…
It is the government’s duty to help avert a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, say Elizabeth Winter, Stephanie Draper and Christine AllenAs a new secretary of state, Liz Truss, takes the reins at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office…
A recent visitor to South Korea compares the country’s approach to Covid management with that of the UK We are just back from six weeks in Seoul, South Korea, and suffered a real culture shock on our return. In South Korea, there is not a soul without…
Mark Newbury highlights the lack of support for refugees, David Beswick writes of the mismanagement of Afghanistan evacuations and Dr Richard Carter draws attention to the UK’s diminishing influenceNesrine Malik’s excellent article (For Afghan refugees…
Attempts to legitimise warfare should be met with scepticism, argues Andrew Clapham. Plus letters from Prof Keith Hayward, Blaine Stothard and Margaret VandecasteeleSamuel Moyn is right to emphasise how humanising war has distracted attention from ques…
Margaret Owen on those most vulnerable to Taliban violence who are now living in terror, Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly on keeping education alive. Plus letters from Barbara English and Sarah MulhollandIt is tragic that many Afghans who worked for Nato armies an…
Britain’s armed forces are dodging responsibility for failings in Afghanistan and Iraq, argues Prof Paul Dixon. RC Pennington fears military history is doomed to repeat itself. Plus letters from Margaret Phelps, Diana Francis and Jim GolcherSimon Akam…
Readers despair at the Tory government’s treatment of the people who risked their lives to work for it in AfghanistanYou have to admire the genius of the UK’s refugee policy: first, no one who gets here unofficially can be considered for asylum and the…
Hongkongers escaping China’s repression are being denied fair access to homes and jobs in the UK, says Sarah ChampionYour article (UK not doing enough to support those fleeing Hong Kong, advocacy group says, 8 August) demonstrates the current failure o…
Jane Ghosh thinks we have left behind devastation and despair, Trevor Curnow looks at parallels with Vietnam, while Daniel Peacock expresses concern for a generation of women and girls. Plus letters from Martin Harris and Caroline WillcocksThe history …
The families will be funded for just four months, says one readerI am sure that your readers will feel relieved at the generosity of our government towards the Afghan interpreters arriving in the UK, as detailed by Chris Philp, minister for immigration…
Chris Philp, the immigration compliance minister, outlines the work of the Home Office in safeguarding interpreters, while Barry Young says joined-up thinking is needed and Peter Simm highlights the danger to asylum seekers being told to relocate to Ka…
Victim blaming is institutionalised, says Mariam Khan, and justice is often sacrificed on the altar of patriarchal influenceYour article (Pakistan reckons with its ‘gender terrorism epidemic’ after murder of Noor Mukadam, 2 August) ends with contact nu…