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Osama Abdullah أسامة عبد الله
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Research @ WAV Recherchekollektiv | OSINT on Environmental and Human Rights Violations | Politics & data @ University of Zurich
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Yes, your subscription to the New York Times is great, and indeed Donald Trump is dangerous. But we also live here in Switzerland, and local journalism is far more important than the big international headlines. And it is time to support local journalistic work.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Major legal breakthroughs on climate & human rights ☀️

In just three months, courts across Europe and the Americas have perhaps reshaped the legal landscape:
July 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why Institutional Investors Must Rethink Stakes in Arms Makers After Gaza MK-82 Strike🧵

On June 30, Israel dropped an MK-82 bomb on a Gaza café, killing at least 24 and injuring more, including journalists. The evening attack hit while the café was full of civilians watching a televised event.
July 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Back from some time off to very sad news. Hope and resilience are under pressure in Syria, the country’s transition is truly fragile.
A 🧵.
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Looks like we’re in for some great weather tomorrow evening, just in time for the forest walk and apéro with the Climate Journalism Network Switzerland. We’ll be measuring CO2 in trees and enjoying the spring air together in Zurich.
May 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today at Zentrawaescherei. Podium discussion about Syria and its future.
April 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Join me and @selbstlautk.bsky.social ‘s Bartholomäus Laffert in a discussion about Syria’s future.

At the Zentralwäschaerei, Thursday, April 24th.

Discussion will be held in English and German.
April 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In January, I returned to Syria for the first time in over a decade. When I left in 2013, I was a young man fleeing conscription and civil war. What I encountered now was a country that had changed in many ways, and not only on the surface. with @republik.ch
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The media headlines continue to be focused on how incompetent US officials breached security protocols, ignoring that these are confessions to war crimes in writing.
March 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‼️The Yemen bombing signal chat group, what almost no one is talking about.

While everyone from the media to policymakers fixate on the use of chat apps like Signal for sharing “highly sensitive” information, there’s far less scrutiny on what that information actually reveals.
March 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
To visit Syria, I had to take a flight through Istanbul, then Beirut, followed by a car ride to Damascus. A typical Lebanese bureaucratic glitch forced me into an unplanned three-night stay in Beirut. It is the first time in 11 years. Why, is a story for another day.
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Neue WAV Recherche: Teller waschen, Brennholz hacken, Neophyten bekämpfen – in «Beschäftigungsprogrammen» arbeiten Asylsuchende für die Allgemeinheit – zu Tiefstlöhnen oder gar umsonst. Im Strassenmagazin Surprise.
November 5, 2023 at 7:10 PM
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

We did it, everyone! Thanks to the unwavering support and trust from our readers and champions of transparent politics, we've successfully reached our crowdfunding target! 🥳
Big thank you to all of the 128 supporters of moneyinpolitics.ch .
November 2, 2023 at 11:15 AM