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Luke Allen

Based in Washington, DC, Luke currently works for an NGO committed to securing land tenure rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. He has previously worked as a Fellow at the U.S. House of Representatives with a focus on foreign affairs, and in immigration law in Iowa and Minnesota.

A UN Human Rights Official Examined Poverty in the United States. His Findings Sting

Luke Allen
December 18, 2017
As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States might seem a strange destination for an official visit from Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. But t...

The Trump Administration Just Re-Introduced a Controversial Weapon Back into the US Arsenal

Luke Allen
December 5, 2017
Cluster bombs are back in the U.S. military arsenal. A Department of Defense memo released last week reversed an impending ban on the highly controversial weapons that had been set to come into effect on Januar...

What You Need to Know About Geert Wilders and the Elections in the Netherlands

Luke Allen
March 14, 2017
As Dutch voters head to the polls Wednesday to elect members of their 150-member House of Representatives, they do so in an environment of perhaps unprecedented international attention. While many in the Nether...

A Cluster Bomb Sale Ban Was Narrowly Defeated in the US Congress

Luke Allen
June 23, 2016
Cluster bombs may be on their way out. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives debated an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would have banned the U.S. government from sellin...

UNESCO Rebuilt These Ancient Mausoleums in Timbuktu that Were Destroyed By Religious Extremists

Luke Allen
July 24, 2015
A recent surge in violence in northern Mali that saw an attack on a MINUSMA convoy kill six Burkinabe peacekeepers and forced hundreds of Malians to seek refuge in neighboring Mauritania has served as a disquie...

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