Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

World | Monday 17th Mar 2025

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Features | Thursday 13th Mar 2025

Make anti-racism cool again

World | Wednesday 29th Jan 2025

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

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

Tuesday 16th Feb 2021

Life and death on the Mediterranean Sea

BEN COWLES talks with the co-ordinator for the reconnaissance aircraft, Seabird, about dramatic events at sea last Friday, after a flimsy boat carrying 40 people was spotted near the island of Lampedusa

Sunday 14th Feb 2021

Open Arms refugee rescue ship saves the lives of 149 this weekend

A CHARITY refugee rescue ship saved the lives of over 140 people in the central Mediterranean within Malta’s search-and-rescue (SAR) zone this week

Thursday 11th Feb 2021

Close to 10,000 people pushed back to Turkey by Greek coastguard and Frontex, activists allege

New report by Mare Liberum documents 321 migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea last year

Tuesday 09th Feb 2021

‘CommemorActions’ held across the world in solidarity with the families of 91 missing refugees

Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Make anti-racism cool again

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

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

Life and death on the Mediterranean Sea

BEN COWLES talks with the co-ordinator for the reconnaissance aircraft, Seabird, about dramatic events at sea last Friday, after a flimsy boat carrying 40 people was spotted near the island of Lampedusa

Open Arms refugee rescue ship saves the lives of 149 this weekend

A CHARITY refugee rescue ship saved the lives of over 140 people in the central Mediterranean within Malta’s search-and-rescue (SAR) zone this week

Close to 10,000 people pushed back to Turkey by Greek coastguard and Frontex, activists allege

New report by Mare Liberum documents 321 migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea last year

‘CommemorActions’ held across the world in solidarity with the families of 91 missing refugees

ACTIVISTS in cities across Europe and Africa held joint “commemoraction” demonstrations today in solidarity with the family and friends of 91 peopl

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