Articles by Ben Cowles

Men's Football Newcastle supporters called on to help bring the club under fan control

A SUPPORTERS’ group is calling on Newcastle United fans to help them raise enough funds to buy a small stake of the club should their buffoonish bi

World | Thursday 01st Apr 2021

Open Arms finally allowed to bring rescued refugees to shore following the dramatic evacuation of a child

World | Tuesday 30th Mar 2021

Coastguards urged not to stand by as another refugee boat sinks

World | Monday 29th Mar 2021

Top EU official condemned for window-dressing the containment of refugees

Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021

116 rescued refugees finally given permission to come ashore

Authorities ignored their rescuers' calls for days

Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021

10 dead in Colorado in seventh mass shooting in as many days

TEN people were killed in Colorado on Monday in the seventh mass shooting in the United States in as many days.

Tuesday 23rd Mar 2021

Children make up a quarter of all civilian deaths in Yemen war, charity warns

Britain urged to stop arming the war and supplying the Saudis with the aircraft that are dropping the bombs on Yemen’s children

Monday 22nd Mar 2021

Sea Watch 3 refugee rescue ship detained in Italy for ‘saving too many lives’ again

Meanwhile the 116 survivors on board the Ocean Viking rescue ship continue four-day wait to be allowed to come ashore

Wednesday 17th Mar 2021

Naomi Klein and Cornel West join activists' call for donations to refugee rescue charity under legal attack

US JOURNALIST Naomi Klein and philosopher Cornel West joined European human rights activists and academics today in their call today to help raise

Thursday 11th Mar 2021

Exclusive Fleet of drone snoopers is a costly waste

Tories cite ‘commercial reasons’ to hide spend on military technology at English Channel

Thursday 04th Mar 2021

Italy charges Iuventa activists who saved 14,000 lives in the Mediterranean with aiding and abetting illegal immigration

ACTIVISTS who saved the lives of over 14,000 people in the Mediterranean Sea could be jailed for 20 years after an Italian prosecutor charged them

Monday 01st Mar 2021

At least 15 refugees dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

Meanwhile, 363 who were rescued this weekend by the crew of an NGO rescue ship still wait for Italy or Malta to allow them to come ashore

Friday 19th Feb 2021

NGO refugee rescue ship left waiting on European help that never came

Sea Watch 3 finally released after being held for seven months for ‘absurd’ reasons

Wednesday 17th Feb 2021

The truth about refugees in the central Mediterranean

BEN COWLES tells how civilian refugee rescue organisations saved the lives of 149 people in Malta’s search-and-rescue zone last weekend while the authorities and passing ships refused assistance

Articles by Ben Cowles

Men's Football Newcastle supporters called on to help bring the club under fan control

A SUPPORTERS’ group is calling on Newcastle United fans to help them raise enough funds to buy a small stake of the club should their buffoonish bi

Open Arms finally allowed to bring rescued refugees to shore following the dramatic evacuation of a child

Coastguards urged not to stand by as another refugee boat sinks

Top EU official condemned for window-dressing the containment of refugees

116 rescued refugees finally given permission to come ashore

Authorities ignored their rescuers' calls for days

10 dead in Colorado in seventh mass shooting in as many days

TEN people were killed in Colorado on Monday in the seventh mass shooting in the United States in as many days.

Children make up a quarter of all civilian deaths in Yemen war, charity warns

Britain urged to stop arming the war and supplying the Saudis with the aircraft that are dropping the bombs on Yemen’s children

Sea Watch 3 refugee rescue ship detained in Italy for ‘saving too many lives’ again

Meanwhile the 116 survivors on board the Ocean Viking rescue ship continue four-day wait to be allowed to come ashore

Naomi Klein and Cornel West join activists' call for donations to refugee rescue charity under legal attack

US JOURNALIST Naomi Klein and philosopher Cornel West joined European human rights activists and academics today in their call today to help raise

Exclusive Fleet of drone snoopers is a costly waste

Tories cite ‘commercial reasons’ to hide spend on military technology at English Channel

Italy charges Iuventa activists who saved 14,000 lives in the Mediterranean with aiding and abetting illegal immigration

ACTIVISTS who saved the lives of over 14,000 people in the Mediterranean Sea could be jailed for 20 years after an Italian prosecutor charged them

At least 15 refugees dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

Meanwhile, 363 who were rescued this weekend by the crew of an NGO rescue ship still wait for Italy or Malta to allow them to come ashore

NGO refugee rescue ship left waiting on European help that never came

Sea Watch 3 finally released after being held for seven months for ‘absurd’ reasons

The truth about refugees in the central Mediterranean

BEN COWLES tells how civilian refugee rescue organisations saved the lives of 149 people in Malta’s search-and-rescue zone last weekend while the authorities and passing ships refused assistance

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