Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Mengia Tschalaer is a Marie-Curie Research Fellow at University of Bristol where she works on a EU-funded project examining the experiences of LGBTQI+ asylum seekers with Muslim background within Germany’s asylum system. Her research focuses on the relationship between politics of knowledge production and human rights, sexualities, race, and religion. She is the author of "Muslim Women's Quest for Justice: Gender, Law, and Activism in India" (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and of various articles and chapters on socio-legal resistance, gender, and Islam.
Women applying for asylum on the grounds of their sexual orientation face an uphill battle if they've left children behind
LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany are isolated, inadequately housed, and at risk of violence.
Gender-based violence can be grounds for asylum in Germany, but in practice lesbians racialised as black face a wall...