Kyri Evangelou

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Frances Rankin |Kyri Evangelou |Matthew Cassel

Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels more distant than ever. In this three-part series, the reporter Matthew Cassel travels along the 1949 Armistice border, or ‘Green Line’, once seen as the best hope for a resolution. He meets Palestinians and Israelis living just kilometres apart, but shaped by vastly different realities.

Mar 12, 2025 | theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Kyri Evangelou |Bethan Mckernan

For many Israelis, military service is a rite of passage that lasts two to three years. Being such a formative part of the social contract in Israel, it is unusual for eligible young people to refuse their draft orders. Every year some ask for exemptions, but only a handful openly declare themselves as conscientious objectors, commonly known as refuseniks.

Dec 15, 2024 | theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan |Ayman Abu Ramouz |Jem Talbot |Kyri Evangelou |Temujin Doran |Katie Lamborn

Syrian airforce helicopters dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas onto the town of Douma on 7 April 2018. At least 43 people choked to death. For six years, afraid of reprisals, the town has grieved in silence for loved ones lost to chemical attacks and countless others killed by conventional weapons.

Dec 10, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Christopher Cherry |Maeve Shearlaw |Kyri Evangelou |Harrison Taylor

Disability services in the UK have been consistently cut after 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, but with the promise of change from a new Labour government, musician and activist John Kelly is concerned that politicians are still not listening to disabled voices and what they want. Kelly chained himself to London buses in the 1990s to protest over a lack of access to transport, but has watched the right to an independent life be steadily eroded.

Dec 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | Christopher Cherry |Maeve Shearlaw |Kyri Evangelou |Harrison Taylor |Temujin Doran

Disability services in the UK have been consistently cut after 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, but with the promise of change from a new Labour government, musician and activist John Kelly is concerned that politicians are still not listening to disabled voices and what they want. Kelly chained himself to London buses in the 1990s to protest over a lack of access to transport, but has watched the right to an independent life be steadily eroded.