Open Letter by Shailja Patel
An Open Letter to SAMUEL KIVUITU, Chairman of Electoral Commission of Kenya from Shailja Patel. Dear Mr. Kivuitu, We’ve never met. It’s unlikely we ever will. But, like every other […]
Recent Publication
© Anne Holmes My work on Gino Strada’s Emergency War Victim’s hospital in Kabul was recently published in on an on-line magazine called War Shooter. You can see the spread […]
Protest by Fire
by Anne Holmes While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. She is nine years old. She was introduced to me by the doctor at Herat Regional Hospital […]
News Direct from Burma to My Doorstep
I received a telephone call Wednesday morning, from a friend, who shall remain annonymous for obvious reasons. He was franticly trying to find a Machintosh computer. “I’ve just arrived from […]
Media Blackout = Mass Murder?
An assassinated monk floating in a river. As far as we can tell Burma is not issuing any visas at the moment. The junta has shut down communication with the […]
Video of Japanese Journalist Shows Deliberately Shot
New footage has emerged of Kenji Nagai being what appears to be quite deliberately gunned down by Burmese forces at near point blank range, contradicting the junta’s official statement that […]
Burmese Kill 2 Foreign Journalists
Purported to be the Japanese journalist shot dead by Burmese troops….doesn’t look like much of an accident. Although not yet confirmed by the Embassy of Japan, the Japanese video journalist […]
Saffron Revolution: Burma on the Brink of Change?
Sign the petition Several people have contacted me asking if I am plan to go to Burma. The answer is no. I know that even going down to the embassy […]
Korean Hostages to be Freed
It looks as though the Korean hostages may be freed today after a breakthrough in talks occurred yesterday between Taliban and South Korean officials. A five-point deal was struck, wherein […]
Korean Hostage Crisis
I had dinner with a friend who has been covering the news here for three years. He had just come back from a story up north, and spent the last […]
In Search of Bewaha
By Anne Holmes While I was waiting for my Afghan visa in Delhi, a friend of mine mentioned in passing something about a widow’s village in Herat province in western […]
Self-immolation in Afghanistan
by Anne Holmes Amine, pictured above, is 16 years old. She was forced to marry at the age of 14 but has many problems with her husband and his family. […]
Expulsion from Iran
© Anne Holmes I spent the day at the border with Iran near Herat in Western Afghanistan, observing the constant trickle of deportees arriving empty-handed. They were all men, mostly […]
South Korean Hostages
The Taliban abducted 23 South Korean aid workers, 18 of whom are women, last Thursday. The group reportedly boarded a local bus in Kandahar headed for Kabul, and were kidnapped […]
Mine Victims
© Anne Holmes I spent the last few days in hospitals around Kabul taking a visual survey of the types of war injuries the capital city treats. Many of them […]
Kabul
The national Afghan football team practices at the infamous stadium where Taliban performed executions in Kabul. © Anne Holmes I arrived in Kabul two days ago. My first impressions are […]
U.S. Military Deletes AP Photos
These are the words of Col. Victor Petrenko, chief of staff to the top U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan, as quoted in Editor and Publisher: “”When untrained people take photographs […]
Thaksin Speaks to Anti-Coup Rally via Webcast
© Anne Holmes An estimated seven to ten thousand people rallied at Sanam Luang last night to watch a prerecroded webcast speech by ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra. Since June 2, […]
Women of Iran
© Anne Holmes I recently made a trip to Iran. Here is a collection of photographs of women. For more information, click on the large image. © Anne Holmes I […]
Boring Day
© Anne Holmes There was no violence and no opposition to be seen on the day the courts announced they would disolve Thai Rak Thai and ban its party leaders […]
May 30: Playground or War Zone?
The May 30 Constitutional Court decision is likely to be one of the most important events since the September 2006 coup. Various groups are pledging to stage massive protests in […]
Photographer Injured in South Thailand Bomb Blast
Veteran conflict photographer Philip Blenkinsop sustained minor injuries when a bomb exploded in South Thailand’s Yala province, early Tuesday morning. 11 others were injured in the blast. Violent incidents in […]
Internal Violence Erupts in Lebanon
For an excellent source of independent, on-site, up to the minute journalism in Lebanon, please visit my friend Christopher Allbritton’s site For an excellent source of independent, on-site, up to […]
