Asymmetrical Haircuts
@asymmetricalh.bsky.social
Two journalists, one haircut, tons of opinions on international justice. Hosted by @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social. Find us wherever you get your podcasts.
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Justice Update – Survivors @ The ICC
We sat down with torture survivors from Kenya, Venezuela and Ukraine to ask them what their experience engaging with the International Criminal Court and seeking justice is. Check out all the backg…
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How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
By popular demand - We have made our #Patreon bonus episode discussing Philippe Sands with Reed Brody free for everyone!
We review Sands' 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
If you like what you hear check out our Patreon!
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We review Sands' 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
If you like what you hear check out our Patreon!
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
The War Criminals Book Club Ep. 32 - 38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands | Asymmetrical Haircuts
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February 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
By popular demand - We have made our #Patreon bonus episode discussing Philippe Sands with Reed Brody free for everyone!
We review Sands' 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
If you like what you hear check out our Patreon!
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
We review Sands' 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
If you like what you hear check out our Patreon!
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
ICYMI 🎯
We’ve just wrapped up our coverage of three weeks of the groundbreaking hearings at the International Court of Justice over genocide. It’s been brought by Gambia, about what kind of violence forced the Rohingya minority in Myanmar to flee in 2017.
We’ve just wrapped up our coverage of three weeks of the groundbreaking hearings at the International Court of Justice over genocide. It’s been brought by Gambia, about what kind of violence forced the Rohingya minority in Myanmar to flee in 2017.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
ICYMI 🎯
We’ve just wrapped up our coverage of three weeks of the groundbreaking hearings at the International Court of Justice over genocide. It’s been brought by Gambia, about what kind of violence forced the Rohingya minority in Myanmar to flee in 2017.
We’ve just wrapped up our coverage of three weeks of the groundbreaking hearings at the International Court of Justice over genocide. It’s been brought by Gambia, about what kind of violence forced the Rohingya minority in Myanmar to flee in 2017.
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As always, great to have the chance to talk with the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social team and @janethanderson.bsky.social.
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
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Justice Update – Genocide Evidence and Intent with Gambia and Myanmar
We discuss the Genocide case at the ICJ brought by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Rohingya. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out …
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January 29, 2026 at 8:58 PM
As always, great to have the chance to talk with the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social team and @janethanderson.bsky.social.
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Another must-listen! So interesting
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Genocide Evidence and Intent with Gambia and Myanmar
We discuss the Genocide case at the ICJ brought by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Rohingya. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out …
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Another must-listen! So interesting
This week’s #ThursdayThrowback - a podcast you should (re)listen to - is about the trial of Eritrean human trafficker Amanuel Walid in a Dutch court. Why? He was just sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Our pod gives you the background.
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www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Dutch Trial for Alleged Human Trafficker with Mirjam van Reisen
In this episode, we discuss the Dutch trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker accused of leading an organisation in Libya. Mirjam van Reisen tells us more about it. And we explore how the IC…
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January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This week’s #ThursdayThrowback - a podcast you should (re)listen to - is about the trial of Eritrean human trafficker Amanuel Walid in a Dutch court. Why? He was just sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Our pod gives you the background.
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Genocide Evidence and Intent with Gambia and Myanmar
We discuss the Genocide case at the ICJ brought by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Rohingya. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out …
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Need to catch up on the huge genocide case about the Rohingya in 2017, also known as Gambia versus Myanmar at the ICJ? Tomorrow we will have a basic summary for you on what each side has been saying and our assessment of the case.
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Need to catch up on the huge genocide case about the Rohingya in 2017, also known as Gambia versus Myanmar at the ICJ? Tomorrow we will have a basic summary for you on what each side has been saying and our assessment of the case.
Out now on #Patreon
For our bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed Philippe Sands' 38 Londres Street with friend of the pod Reed Brody, who worked on the Pinochet case.
We discuss its reverberations + how it felt to be in the room at the time
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
For our bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed Philippe Sands' 38 Londres Street with friend of the pod Reed Brody, who worked on the Pinochet case.
We discuss its reverberations + how it felt to be in the room at the time
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
The War Criminals Book Club Ep. 32 - 38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands | Asymmetrical Haircuts
Get more from Asymmetrical Haircuts on Patreon
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January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Out now on #Patreon
For our bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed Philippe Sands' 38 Londres Street with friend of the pod Reed Brody, who worked on the Pinochet case.
We discuss its reverberations + how it felt to be in the room at the time
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
For our bonus episode of the War Criminals Book Club, we reviewed Philippe Sands' 38 Londres Street with friend of the pod Reed Brody, who worked on the Pinochet case.
We discuss its reverberations + how it felt to be in the room at the time
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
Coming tomorrow on #Patreon 📚
On the War Criminals Book Club, friend of the pod Reed Brody joins us to discuss Philippe Sands' latest book: 38 Londres Street & the legacy of the Pinochet case on immunity for former heads of state - "It has a huge amount of relevance for justice today".
On the War Criminals Book Club, friend of the pod Reed Brody joins us to discuss Philippe Sands' latest book: 38 Londres Street & the legacy of the Pinochet case on immunity for former heads of state - "It has a huge amount of relevance for justice today".
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Coming tomorrow on #Patreon 📚
On the War Criminals Book Club, friend of the pod Reed Brody joins us to discuss Philippe Sands' latest book: 38 Londres Street & the legacy of the Pinochet case on immunity for former heads of state - "It has a huge amount of relevance for justice today".
On the War Criminals Book Club, friend of the pod Reed Brody joins us to discuss Philippe Sands' latest book: 38 Londres Street & the legacy of the Pinochet case on immunity for former heads of state - "It has a huge amount of relevance for justice today".
📣 ICYMI: Our episode on survivors' hopes and struggles with the ICC is out!
How can it feel to "put a name to the things the government did to you"? Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and survivor from Venezuela, tells us about his experience and his engagement with the International Criminal Court.
How can it feel to "put a name to the things the government did to you"? Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and survivor from Venezuela, tells us about his experience and his engagement with the International Criminal Court.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
📣 ICYMI: Our episode on survivors' hopes and struggles with the ICC is out!
How can it feel to "put a name to the things the government did to you"? Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and survivor from Venezuela, tells us about his experience and his engagement with the International Criminal Court.
How can it feel to "put a name to the things the government did to you"? Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and survivor from Venezuela, tells us about his experience and his engagement with the International Criminal Court.
Following Climate Crisis litigation? The ruling comes this week in the Greenpeace-backed case on Dutch state obligations to mitigate climate change in the island of Bonaire under international treaties. Check our throwback episode from 2024: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 102 – Bonaire’s Climate Litigation – The Eco Files
Greenpeace expert Eefje de Kroon and planitiff Kjelld Masoud Kroon talk on the podcast about the climate litigation brought by the Caribbean island of Bonaire against the Netherlands
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January 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Following Climate Crisis litigation? The ruling comes this week in the Greenpeace-backed case on Dutch state obligations to mitigate climate change in the island of Bonaire under international treaties. Check our throwback episode from 2024: www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
OUT NOW 🎙️
How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Survivors @ The ICC
We sat down with torture survivors from Kenya, Venezuela and Ukraine to ask them what their experience engaging with the International Criminal Court and seeking justice is. Check out all the backg…
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 PM
OUT NOW 🎙️
How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
How do survivors see the International Criminal Court?
At the ASP last year, we sat down with three survivors of torture: Oleksandr Maksymenko from Ukraine, Elizabeth Atieno from Kenya, and Venezuelan Luis Carlos Díaz
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Coming tomorrow!
What’s it really like as a torture survivor to try to engage with the International Criminal Court? We spoke to three advocates for their communities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine about how the court is seen in their countries.
What’s it really like as a torture survivor to try to engage with the International Criminal Court? We spoke to three advocates for their communities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine about how the court is seen in their countries.
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Coming tomorrow!
What’s it really like as a torture survivor to try to engage with the International Criminal Court? We spoke to three advocates for their communities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine about how the court is seen in their countries.
What’s it really like as a torture survivor to try to engage with the International Criminal Court? We spoke to three advocates for their communities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine about how the court is seen in their countries.
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It's not a UN-like entity, but it is clearly intended as an alternative to the UN, but MAGA-fied. We can hold two thoughts here - it is a vehicle for corruption and absolutism, AND it is designed to undermine the post-WWII international order.
Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
It's not a UN-like entity, but it is clearly intended as an alternative to the UN, but MAGA-fied. We can hold two thoughts here - it is a vehicle for corruption and absolutism, AND it is designed to undermine the post-WWII international order.
Our 'throwback' episode this week is on genocide and gender. At this week's hearings at ICJ in the Gambia v Myanmar genocide case, the role that CRSV played will be central to how to prove alleged 'intent' in the clearance operations against the Rohingya. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 12 – Genocide and Gender with Akila Radhakrishnan
On the day of Gambia’s historic filing with the ICJ to ask Myanmar to ‘stop the genocide of the Rohingya’ Janet and Stephanie talk to Akila Radhakrishnan of the Global Justice Cen…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Our 'throwback' episode this week is on genocide and gender. At this week's hearings at ICJ in the Gambia v Myanmar genocide case, the role that CRSV played will be central to how to prove alleged 'intent' in the clearance operations against the Rohingya. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
There's much commentary on Venezuela Maduro and international law. We focus on potential accountability routes, after examining illegality of US actions + immunity issues. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... Thanks @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio for making time.
Episode 149 – Might versus Right in Venezuela ? with Brian Finucane and Ignacio Jovtis
Maduro kidnapped by the US – what are the implications for accountability for human rights violations in Venezuela and for peace and security in Latin America. With Brian Finucane and Ignacio…
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January 7, 2026 at 8:55 AM
There's much commentary on Venezuela Maduro and international law. We focus on potential accountability routes, after examining illegality of US actions + immunity issues. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi... Thanks @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio for making time.
We're back - shaken out of holiday mode by Trump, Maduro Venezuela. For a quick take on international law implications and potential avenues for real accountability listen later today to @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio Jovtis
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
We're back - shaken out of holiday mode by Trump, Maduro Venezuela. For a quick take on international law implications and potential avenues for real accountability listen later today to @bcfinucane.bsky.social and Ignacio Jovtis
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Maybe something based on the Bournemouth Protocol? www.icmp.int/wp-content/u... I assigned a podcast episode about this from @asymmetricalh.bsky.social for my human rights class (www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...). Not exactly what you’re looking for but a start? Students were into it!
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December 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Maybe something based on the Bournemouth Protocol? www.icmp.int/wp-content/u... I assigned a podcast episode about this from @asymmetricalh.bsky.social for my human rights class (www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...). Not exactly what you’re looking for but a start? Students were into it!
Out Now on #Patreon🎙️
For our last War Criminals Book Club of the year, we review The Cranes Call. With Hope Rikkelman we discuss the importance of working together with the local community when investigating Russia's war crimes in #Ukraine
Listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
For our last War Criminals Book Club of the year, we review The Cranes Call. With Hope Rikkelman we discuss the importance of working together with the local community when investigating Russia's war crimes in #Ukraine
Listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
December 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Out Now on #Patreon🎙️
For our last War Criminals Book Club of the year, we review The Cranes Call. With Hope Rikkelman we discuss the importance of working together with the local community when investigating Russia's war crimes in #Ukraine
Listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
For our last War Criminals Book Club of the year, we review The Cranes Call. With Hope Rikkelman we discuss the importance of working together with the local community when investigating Russia's war crimes in #Ukraine
Listen:
www.patreon.com/posts/war-cr...
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The holiday read by @philippesands.bsky.social and the best reading companion: Kriva (Kiki for short). Prepping for @asymmetricalh.bsky.social bookclub podcast
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The holiday read by @philippesands.bsky.social and the best reading companion: Kriva (Kiki for short). Prepping for @asymmetricalh.bsky.social bookclub podcast
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I am very pleased to see that the #ICJ has taken the decision to amend its rules to facilitate publishing party reports on the implementation of provisional measures. This is a common sense reform that I have been advocating for since 2020 (opiniojuris.org/2020/08/25/r...).
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I am very pleased to see that the #ICJ has taken the decision to amend its rules to facilitate publishing party reports on the implementation of provisional measures. This is a common sense reform that I have been advocating for since 2020 (opiniojuris.org/2020/08/25/r...).
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In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
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In recent weeks the US has struck boats of suspected drug traffickers in intl waters: Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico.
@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @alonso-gd.bsky.social run us through the basics of what constitutes an international armed conflict
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 146 – When Is It A War? with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg
With the last weeks of U.S. strikes on alleged drug dealer boats and saying they are in “a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, we ask ‘when is war’ and whet…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Hi mum, I’m again in my favorite podcast! 😍 (file under: life goals)
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In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Dutch Trial for alleged human trafficker with Mirjam van Reisen
In this episode, we discuss the Dutch trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker accused of leading an organisation in Libya. Mirjam van Reisen tells us more about it. And we explore how the IC…
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December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi mum, I’m again in my favorite podcast! 😍 (file under: life goals)
OUT NOW 📣
In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Dutch Trial for alleged human trafficker with Mirjam van Reisen
In this episode, we discuss the Dutch trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker accused of leading an organisation in Libya. Mirjam van Reisen tells us more about it. And we explore how the IC…
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
OUT NOW 📣
In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
In November, the trial for an Eritrean alleged human trafficker took place in the Netherlands. There was a lot to unpack, so we asked @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social how significant this trial is + how Eritrean organisations operate
Listen:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Out tomorrow!
Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time
Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Out tomorrow!
Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time
Who is at the leadership of the networks trafficking migrants from #Eritrea, through #Libya and to Europe? @mirjamvanreisen.bsky.social tells us about the recent trial for alleged Eritrean trafficker Walid in the Netherlands, how the organisations operate and change over time