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Nidzara Ahmetasevic
@ahnidzara.bsky.social
Journalists and researchers focus on migrations, human rights, the Balkans, media, and Bosnia. Author of "The Media as a Tool of International Intervention: House of Cards" (Routledge) and coauthor of The Repackaging Imperialism The EU – IOM border regime
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While the world’s attention is focusing on Trump’s anti-migration spectacle, the #EuropeanUnion is quietly carrying out its own crackdown. Its policies are far less visible, yet they are just as ruthless. #balkans #migration

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It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade
The European Union’s border control policies may not be as visible as Trump’s but they are just as brutal.
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Children turn war-shattered ruins into makeshift skateparks as mental health crisis deepens.
Skateboarding helps Gaza children with trauma amid ruins, adds rare joy
Children turn war-shattered ruins into makeshift skateparks as mental health crisis deepens.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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With @ahnidzara.bsky.social and Maryam Ashrafi, I explored minefields, memory, and migration in Bosnia for @inkstickmedia.com inkstickmedia.com/mines-memory...
Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border
Refugees and migrants have to navigate terrain laden with leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance on Bosnia's border with Croatia.
inkstickmedia.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Long read: For refugees and migrants trying to reach the European Union from Bosnia, leftover landmines and border violence haunt the journey.

Words: @connellyandrew.bsky.social & @ahnidzara.bsky.social

Photos: Maryam Ashrafi
Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border
Refugees and migrants have to navigate terrain laden with leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance on Bosnia's border with Croatia.
inkstickmedia.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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5 journalists are dead and the NYT decides to write a smear piece depicting Al Jazeera as a Hamas mouthpiece.

AJ is far from perfect & deserves as much scrutiny & criticism as many others. But the timing & one-sidedness of the article is an effort to legitimise the killing of AJ’s staff.
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Report: Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza City
<article data-history-node-id="426984" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-forces-kill-10-palestinians-khan-younis-gaza-city" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-israeli-forces-kill-10-palestinians-khan-younis-gaza-city" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza City</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli strikes killed at least 10 Palestinians&nbsp;in southern Khan Younis and northern Gaza City since dawn on Friday, the Wafa news agency reported, citing local medical sources.</p> <p>At least seven people were killed and several others wounded in the western part of Khan Younis, the agency said, adding that another strike on a tent housing displaced people in Gaza City killed three others.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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August 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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This Palestinian child managed to get a small bag of flour from an airdrop of aid, while people in Gaza desperately struggle with extreme hunger and malnutrition.
August 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Palestinian child, Ibrahim Imad Hamran, was killed by Israeli fire in the town of Arraba, southern Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Partnering again with Forensic Architecture, we've equipped 'Handala' with a tracking system, to maintain transparency about the vessel's location, help ensure safety of those on board, and hold potential aggressors accountable.
freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/ @forensicarchi.bsky.social
Handala Tracker - Freedom Flotilla
Don’t lose the Handala [Registry name: Navaren]. Track her journey for safety, accountability, and solidarity Once again the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has partnered with Forensic Architecture and equ...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Brave women of #Srebrenica are teaching us about dignity and solidarity. Speaking this year in the front of the UN they reminded about #Bosnia but talked about #Palestine and #Ukraine, too.
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Real-life heroines - Kosovo 2.0
Women from Srebrenica fight for a decent life.
kosovotwopointzero.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
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Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Israeli occupation forces abduct Dr. Nasser al-Lahham, one of the most renowned Palestinian journalists and commentators, from his home in Bethlehem.
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Gaza has become a funeral home

but there are no seats, no mourners,

no bodies. In the caskets are nothing

but what remained of the

dead’s clothes,

and on the wall is a clock

that has not moved for twenty-one months.
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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“EXCLUSIVE: Zeteo Acquiring Film About Gaza Doctors That BBC Refused to Air”

Big news folks! I’m proud to announce that Zeteo will be stepping up to ensure that the hugely important ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ documentary will be available to watch globally on our site from Wednesday.
EXCLUSIVE: Zeteo Acquiring Film About Gaza Doctors That BBC Refused to Air
‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ documentary will be released globally by Zeteo after being dropped by the BBC.
zeteo.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does.
Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't.
Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't."

But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Kosovo 2.0 – Prostori nade, solidarnosti i otpora
Tekst Linde Gusie pisan za K2.0 – Moje prvo sećanje na prištinski Centar za zaštitu žena i dece seže u 1996, kad sam kao tinejdžerka učestvovala u feminističkoj radionici o mirnom rešavanju sukoba.
Prostori nade, solidarnosti i otpora
Tekst Linde Gusie pisan za K2.0 – Moje prvo sećanje na prištinski Centar za zaštitu žena i dece seže u 1996, kad sam kao tinejdžerka učestvovala u feminističkoj radionici o mirnom rešavanju sukoba.
pescanik.net
June 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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📌Is the separation of powers under threat?
📌Are people being detained in #Albania?
📌Can you go to prison for protesting the unlawful and inhumane detention of migrants?
📌And what exactly does the EU mean by "return hubs"?

We break it down for you. #BorderViolence #FortressEurope #ITALY #Meloni
June 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Reva Viard is a citizen of France.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Reva safe!

Email:
alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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June 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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BREAKING: At least 21 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza this morning, sources at local hospitals tell our team.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m4ewkf
June 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Israel justifies Gaza shooting that killed dozens seeking aid
<article data-history-node-id="423388" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-justifies-gaza-shooting-killed-dozens-seeking-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-justifies-gaza-shooting-killed-dozens-seeking-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel justifies Gaza shooting that killed dozens seeking aid</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="77" data-start="0">The Israeli army has admitted opening fire on Palestinians near a US-supported aid distribution point in Gaza, saying the group was roughly 500 metres away from the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site.</p> <p data-end="531" data-start="358">According to the military, the individuals “posed a threat” as they approached Israeli forces, a familiar line often used to justify deadly force against unarmed civilians.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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June 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Aid seekers have come under fire for eighth day near an aid distribution site backed by the US and Israel.
Israeli forces kill 24 Palestinians at aid site in southern Gaza
Aid seekers have come under fire for eighth day near an aid distribution site backed by the US and Israel.
bit.ly
June 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Israeli tanks opened fire on thousands of civilians gathered at a distribution site in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Sunday morning, killing at least 31 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office aje.io/xx7980
Israel kills 32 Palestinians seeking food at ‘death trap’ Gaza aid sites
Troops gun down starving crowds, capping deadly first week of operations for controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
aje.io
June 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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UN agency says Israeli settler violence at highest level in 20 years
<article data-history-node-id="423343" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-israeli-settler-violence-highest-level-20-years" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-israeli-settler-violence-highest-level-20-years" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN agency says Israeli settler violence at highest level in 20 years</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have reached their highest rate in at least 20 years, with settlers injuring over 220 Palestinians, averaging 44 per month.</p> <p>Here are some other key points from the agency's weekly update:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The entire Palestinian Bedouin community of Maghayer ad Deir,&nbsp;about 120 people,&nbsp;was forcibly displaced following the establishment of a fourth Israeli settlement outpost near their homes.</p> </li> <li> <p>Israeli-imposed movement restrictions across Salfit governorate disrupt the access of nearly 90,000 people to health care, education and livelihoods.</p> </li> <li> <p>Punitive demolitions by Israeli authorities have displaced about 80 people since the beginning of 2025. So far in May, Israeli forces demolished 50 residential units in Nur Shams refugee camp, while residents of 20 buildings slated for demolition in Tulkarm camp were given three hours to retrieve their belongings.</p> </li> <li> <p>Over 33,000 Palestinians remain displaced and unable to return to Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps, Unrwa estimates.</p> </li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israeli settler violence is on the rise: so far in 2025, settlers have injured over 220 Palestinians – 44 per month – the highest rate in at least 20 years.<br> <br> Recently, an entire community was forcibly displaced by settlers.<br> <br> Read more: <a href="https://t.co/FZSurTqULs">https://t.co/FZSurTqULs</a> <a href="https://t.co/0on7aijEnu">pic.twitter.com/0on7aijEnu</a></p> — OCHA OPT (Palestine) (@ochaopt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ochaopt/status/1929410147622719951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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June 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM