Sunday, 25 September 2011

Troy Davis’s execution – Abolish Death Penalty

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I haven’t posted anything on my blog for a while because I was away in Ghana on a reporting trip. I’ll write about it later.  While I...
Sunday, 4 September 2011

Ten years after 9/11 – Journalism and the war on terror

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As the world prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on New York and Washington, I am thinking of its impa...
Wednesday, 24 August 2011

London riots – UK cannot just "arrest its way" out of the social breakdown.

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The Government maintains that the riots, which spread through London and other cities two weeks ago,  “were not about poverty” – just ...
Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Stand against rape - Send a butterfly to Nicaragua

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  "The butterfly (la mariposa) for us is a symbol of the desire to realise our dreams, spread our wings... fighting with the ...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011

UK Riots - mindless thugs, but why?

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Rioters in Liverpool/BBC Like everyone else in England, I am trying to make sense of the mindless violence, arson and looting t...
Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Post-WOMAD blues and Ayarkhaan

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I have been back from WOMAD (World music festival in Charlton park) for two days now and my head is still full of music from all over...
Friday, 8 July 2011

Child trafficking in India - Rubina's return

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Rubina's emotional reunion with her beloved grandmother/Fjona Hill India is the fourth most dangerous country in the world...