The Slant

I wrote a number of political and sports articles for my friends website during my time at university. Subjects included: The Yemen crisis, the DR Congo's elections and Libyan refugee camps.

Robbed, raped, killed: the Rohingya, the world's most persecuted people | The SlantJoe Rindl on the Rohingya refugee crisis: A maltreated rural minority from Myanmar. According to the UN, they are the most persecuted race in the world.

Libyan refugees: Europe must think with its heart, not send people back | Joe RindlJoe Rindl on Europe’s treatment of Libyan refugees: “As with most bureaucracy, it seems the sentiment is there but very little progress is happening.”

Yemen crisis: as children starve, the West averts its gaze | Joe RindlJoe Rindl on the Yemen crisis: “In a land never fertile and often impoverished by drought, a civil war has become regional.”

With arrest of prominent activist, Chechnya leader further erodes Human Rights | Joe Rindl“Democracy is all but an American fabrication” – Ramzan Kadyrov

Tiger Woods: Masters win is a comeback only sport can deliver | Joe RindlJoe Rindl on Tiger Woods' comeback for the ages: ''Tiger Woods’ round was crumbling at its halfway point; this could well be a back nine for the ages.''

DR Congo elections: A mere footnote for a tormented nation | Joe RindlIn the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation the size of Western Europe, over half of its 85 million residents live rurally, often in mud huts fenced by imposing wenge trees within jungle clearings throughout the damp Congo basin. It has recently had an election. The surprising nature of its results are subject to international curiosity. …

I'm a cyclist, I don’t break the law, and I’m not a nob – so why do motorists hate me? | Joe RindlJoe Rindl on society’s hatred of cyclists: “I’m not breaking any laws and I’m not a nob. So why do I fall victim to such consistent and foul abuse?”

Build your own match report for Australia's Ashes retaining win over England at Old Trafford | Joe RindlExplore Joe Rindl's multitude of takes unpacking Australia's Ashes win over England at Old Trafford: ''one of the greatest Test series in recent memory''?

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