Safeguarding journalism and heading into war: a weekly news review

In their principled support of Julian Assange, the Council of
Europe have acted according to their founding purpose. At the same
time, they have proved incapable of meeting the challenges of the
spreading war, or even of disciplining Council members who flout
their own rules. The week’s review looks at the situation of
Kurdish politics in a fast-changing Middle East, through the prism
of the Council.