Fréderike Geerdink - independent journalist

Shamima Begum wants to live in the Netherlands: how realistic is that?

21/02/2019/in Other /by BBC World

In three different BBC programmes I talked about Shamima Begum and Yago Riedijk, the Brittish/Dutch couple that lived in IS territory in Syria and now wants to live in Great-Brittain or the Netherlands.

Only the 22 February one is (temporarily) available online. BBC Scotland” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Listen back at BB Scotland!

Als journalisten worden vermoord, sterft ook hun verhaal

18/02/2019/in Other /by Vrij Nederland

(Story about murdered journalists, published on website of Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland, February 2019)

Zesenzeventig journalisten werden er wereldwijd vermoord in 2018. In de laatste tien jaar gaat het om 974 journalisten. Niet zelden zweren achterblijvende collega’s dat het verhaal van de vermoorde verteld zal blijven worden, dat met de journalist niet ook zijn of haar verhaal zal sterven. Journalist Fréderike Geerdink onderzocht het, en concludeert: het verhaal sterft wél.

Lees hier verder op de site van Vrij Nederland!

Iraqi Kurds vent anger with violent protest against Turkey

13/02/2019/in Other /by Ahval

On January 26, Kurdish locals in northern Iraq’s Dohuk province began to peacefully protest the presence of a Turkish military base in the village of Sirye. Over the previous year, Ankara had killed dozens of locals in regularly bombings on the nearby mountain headquarters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has fought an armed insurgency in Turkey for decades.

People from Sirye and the nearby village of Dereluk gathered opposite the base. Gulistan Niheli and Omar Ali Rekani, members of Iraqi parliament for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), were among those holding a banner that read: “We call upon the Turkish army and PKK militants to respect the sovereignty of the region and take their political and military conflict to their own place”.

Continue reading at Ahval.