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Mixed Media: Films
The Lovers and the Despot, directed and written by Ross Adam and Robert Cannan; The Confession, directed by Ashish Ghadiali.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 495
- 23 Sep 2016
Making Waves: Sakena Yacoobi
Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been transforming lives through community-based learning.
- Veronique Mistiaen
- Issue 495
- 22 Sep 2016
A long road to reconciliation
Seven years after the end of the civil war, Jo Eckersley and Ashwin Hemmathagama assess Sri Lanka’s progress.
- Jo Eckersley and Ashwin Hemmathagama
- Issue 495
- 22 Sep 2016
‘Libya needs to start again from scratch’: Interview with the President of the Amazigh Supreme Council
Khaire Elhamesi, the elected chair of Libya’s Amazigh representative body, explains to Karlos Zurutuza how to cope with the ongoing turmoil in the country.
- Karlos Zurutuza
- Web
- 21 Sep 2016
‘Is this your fingerprint? Do you recognize it?’
Strange goings-on in the trial of indigenous protesters accused of killing police in Bagua. Roxana Olivera reports from the Peruvian Amazon.
- Roxana Olivera
- Issue 478
- 21 Sep 2016
Blogs
No place to fall sick: How refugees are barred from healthcare
The UN announced the suspension of aid to Syria after a deadly attack on a convoy near Aleppo. But air strikes are not the only obstacle to humanitarian aid, writes Isabelle Gerretsen.
- Isabelle Gerretsen
- 23 Sep 2016
When India’s soldiers return in body bags
As the country mourns its loss there is a proliferation of mindless patriotism, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 22 Sep 2016
When Two Worlds Collide – people vs corporate greed
Vanessa Baird reviews a gripping new documentary from Peru which has global implications.
- Vanessa Baird
- 21 Sep 2016
Corporations running the world used to be science fiction – Now it's a reality
Global Justice Now has launched a petition to convince the UK government to protect human rights from corporate power, Aisha Dodwell writes.
- Aisha Dodwell
- 16 Sep 2016
Reflections on the harsh criticism of Mother Teresa
There was certainly reason to be critical but what difference has it made? Mari Marcel Thekaekara asks.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 14 Sep 2016
'King, not parliament, should be the target of Swazi protests’
The recent criticism of the Swazi government from many Swazis is misplaced. They should be blaming the country’s absolute monarch, says exiled political activist Sonkhe Dube. Peter Kenworthy reports.
- Peter Kenworthy
- 13 Sep 2016