Thursday, 11 February 2010

Deliberation – Lessons from Brazil, openDemocracy -


Deliberation – Lessons from Brazil,

Author:
Andrea Cornwall
Summary:
By giving people permission to dream, space to debate, chance to learn, opportunities to contribute to righting deep-rooted wrongs, Brazil is creating a nation of informed, politically engaged...

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Moscow protests: Groundhog Day in Triumfalnaya Square,

Author:
Tanya Lokshina
Summary:
Tanya Lokshina, Russia researcher for Human Rights Watch, attended a recent demonstration in her professional capacity and was detained by the police three times in thirty minutes. She gives a...

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Guinea-Conakry: the price of political rape ,

Author:
Pablo Castillo Diaz
Letitia Anderson
Summary:
The transition to democracy in Guinea-Conakry is both a lesson and a warning to those who would wield rape as an instrument of terror - whether in war or in peace.

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Nigeria needs more than Goodluck to avert crisis,

Author:
Josephine Whitaker
Summary:
Nigerian Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan named acting president in bid to resolve crisis. Claims emerge of deliberate army assault on civilians in Congo. Al-Shabaab preempts crackdown with...

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Operation Moshtarak a crucial test for Obama's Afghan war strategy,

Author:
Rukeyya Khan
Summary:
Operation Moshtarak a crucial test for Obama’s Afghan war strategy. Protestors clash in Sri Lankan capital. Sudan-Chad deal raises hope for an end to Darfur insecurity. Israeli warplanes bomb...

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My Name is Khan and I am an Indian,

Author:
Priyal Sanghavi
Summary:
Freedom of speech in India has always been a tricky issue, and the furore over Shah Rukh Khan's comments shows (updated)

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Thinly veiled misogyny,

Author:
Laurie Penny
Summary:
As French President Nicolas Sarkozy attempts to drive through a ban on the niqab and burqa, Laurie Penny describes how the Islamic veil has become yet another item of women’s clothing for men to...

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