In strictly segregated Yemeni society, child sexual abuse is kept well-hidden. Glen Johnson hears the harrowing testimony of a survivor.
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The beauty of Big Democracy
Disillusioned with the current state of democracy? Good! Vanessa Baird celebrates the joys of disenchantment and the birth of hope.
Magazine
Silence can speak a thousand words
Saharawis protest on the streets of Western Sahara.
- Stefan Simanowitz
- 4 Oct 2010
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Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators
We only have ourselves to blame for the Middle East’s cynicism, says Robert Fisk.
- Robert Fisk
- 1 Oct 2010
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Blogs
Deportation: ‘taken ill’ or killed?
The death of Jimmy Mubenga on a flight to Angola raises urgent questions about the treatment of asylum seekers.
- Dinyar Godrej
- 15 Oct 2010
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Food for thought
16 October is World Food Day – and here’s an invitation to film yourself eating to help raise awareness of food sustainability issues.
African Revolutionaries: remembering Maurice Bishop and Thomas Sankara
‘You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.’ Thomas Sankara
- Sokari Ekine
- 15 Oct 2010
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You killed Blair Peach
A trip through the the prosecutions that never were.
- David Ransom
- 14 Oct 2010
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