Verena Hölzl

🕊️ Kashmir’s frontline civilians don’t need slogans. They need peace. 📰 Just read a deeply moving and courageous report by two respected journalists, @verenahoelzl & @Jalalmughal shining light on the human cost of the Kashmir conflict — far from the noise of nationalism and…

Please join the Crisis Group lunchtime discussion I am moderating at the FCCT next Monday. With @tdkean, @Miraajripon and @waiwainu fccthai.com/events/525

The Myanmar military says they have to defend the country against "terrorists". Two weeks ago they rained down bombs on a school. 22 children died. zeit.de/politik/auslan…

In Turkey, a French volunteer team and their heartbeat radar were able to help save lives following the 2023 earthquake. In Myanmar, they were grounded at the airport for 24h, only to be told the rescue is finished shortly after arriving on the ground. nytimes.com/2025/04/07/wor…

Thinking of this story from last summer. Because women shouldn't need a special day to remind everyone of their right to representation. nytimes.com/2024/10/07/wor…

I sadly never met Anas. But from what his friends and colleagues told me about him, the only thing he would probably care about is for this story to remind the world of its shameful inaction in Syria.

I missed this brilliant piece by @verenahoelzl when it was first published. Her vivid journey through the jungle to meet one of the new generation of rebel leaders who are powering the fight against the Myanmar military. #Burma #Myanmar spiegel.de/international/…

stellar piece here! "@maung_saungkha jokes that he used to be a "playboy and a poet.” Of his new life in war, in which he sends young people into battle, he says: "I am in prison now too.”' "The generals took away his old life, he says, but he refuses to give up his homeland."

How a Burmese "playboy and a poet” became a commander in the Bamar People’s Liberation Army A touching piece, and a must-read, from @verenahoelzl spiegel.de/international/…

6-month fellowship in Berlin for journos from countries with restricted freedom of the press. Apply by Nov 25. reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/en/fellowships…

Read @verenahoelzl 's fantastic profile Bangladesh student leader Nahid Islam in @TIME time.com/7024158/bangla…

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Thinking back of countless and at times strange reporting trips to a place rife with grievances and conflict. Can Rakhine State still walk back from spiralling into yet another abyss? nytimes.com/2024/06/03/wor…

"Why aren't they doing this for us?" hotel staff in Kyiv asked after IL was protected from Iranian missiles. In Kharkiv there's again so many air raids, you can barely keep track. For lack of better defense they kill. 8 ppl on the day that I reported this. spiegel.de/ausland/ukrain…

Refugees shot dead in broad daylight and aid workers getting caught up in gun fights: I certainly didn't expect good news when I travelled to the #Rohingya camps earlier this year. But what I found still shocked me. nytimes.com/2024/03/30/wor…

With more violence and less aid for 🇧🇩 refugee camps, the number of Rohingya taking dangerous boat journeys has increased again. On overcrowded boats, they are not only exposed to the open sea. Story with @KaamilAhmed amp.theguardian.com/global-develop…

An intense and sad account from a Thai Hamas hostage: “To communicate what time of day it was, the guards would point at the symbols of the sun or the moon one of them had scribbled on the wall of the tunnel.” ⁦@verenahoelzl⁩ ⁦@polinaivanovva⁩ ft.com/content/525afd…