With no explanation from the government, fanfare by aid groups, nor coverage by domestic or foreign media, Libya’s most notorious migrant prison, Al-Mabani, officially closed on January 13, 2022. In its roughly 12-month lifespan, the prison became emblematic of the unaccountable…
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"Hope springs eternal." These three words from the poet Alexander Pope speak to the necessity of stubborn optimism. This phrase is also the motto of The…
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In public policy and popular imagination, the sea has long been treated as a bottomless trash can.
The only thing more shocking than how fast we are removing fish from the sea is the reason we’re doing so.
The sea has always been a metaphor for freedom – an escape from governments, laws and much else.
At sea, violence, debt and distance create captivity.
In pursuit of the mother of all crimes offshore
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