Matthew Vickery

Matthew Vickery is a freelance writer based in Aberdeen, Scotland, and previously worked for the Palestine News Network covering the Palestinian protest movement against Israeli occupation in the West

For Palestinian labourers, settlement work is a nuanced form of forced labour

Palestinian workers on Israeli settlements are fed up with being used as propaganda for Israeli businesses and government and with being vilified for work they say they are forced into.

By Matthew Vickery

/ 20 Jul 2017

Uganda traditional justice mechanisms must triumph over western interventionism

We should not deny Ugandans the chance to bring a man who has committed horrific crimes to justice. However we must be careful that our moral greed does not inadvertently force Ugandan reconciliation backwards.

By Matthew Vickery

/ 27 Mar 2012