Lindsey Hilsum
Militias threaten Libya’s post-elections future
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on how the militias who helped overthrow Gaddafi, are now terrorising Libya’s people.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Egypt’s slow journey away from military rule
We should have known the name of the new Egyptian President today, but the election committee said it needed more time to investigate complaints from the two candidates.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Competing for attention – the final chapter on my book tour
By the end of my US book tour, I saw myself as a tiny point of light gradually being extinguished, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Democracy overnight in Libya? You’re dreaming
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on prospects for democracy in Libya.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Thoughtful radio in rude health Stateside
The rightwing radio “shock-jocks” grab all the attention, but as I travel round America, I’m finding out how many intelligent, curious radio hosts there are.
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Lindsey Hilsum
UN intervention in Libya, so why not in Syria?
Are Syrians paying the price for Libyans’ freedom given that one year on, it seems unlikely that such international intervention will be contemplated again.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Slightly under 24 hours from Tulsa
When I list the cities on my book tour, American friends all exclaim: “Tulsa???” as if I’d said I was taking detour via the moon reports Lindsey Hilsum.
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The Dalai Lama and China's 'moral crisis'
The Chinese government is always accusing the Dalai Lama of courting media attention, but in London this morning he was avoiding the questions which would guarantee coverage.
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The gulf between western and jihadi thinking
The publication online of documents seized at Osama bin Laden’s house underlines the gulf between western and jihadi thinking.
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Questions remain over Chen Guangcheng's safety
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the diplomatic implications of the United States’s decision to protect the blind dissident lawyer, Chen Guangcheng.
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Can fragmented al-Qaeda capitalise on instability?
The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?
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The Donshigu Redemption
Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, on blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and how he gave 100 armed police the slip
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North Korea's 'morally compromised' prisoner
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the case of Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped from a North Korean prison camp.
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'The world has become small since 9/11'
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum recalls a conversation with the man at the centre of Libyan rendition claims on how close the CIA and MI6 became with Libyan intelligence.
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Whatever brought it about, change has come to Burma
Years of western pressure did not bring change to Burma. Was it wariness of Chinese which did the trick? Or did the generals understand after the “saffron revolution” in 2007, when monks took to the streets, that they could not keep power forever? Was it Cyclone Nargis? The endless patience of Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it one man, U Thein Sein, who saw a moment to make history?