Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Corruption'
Blood Along the Border: Political Activism and Violence in Juarez, Mexico
by Dawn Paley, Toward Freedom, USA - Saul Reyes Salazar is a man who understands loss. In January 2010, his sister Josefina was shot in the head, following a botched kidnapping in their hometown of Guadalupe los Bravos, across the...
Tax Reform, Not Aid Please
by Zubeida Mustafa, zubeidamustafa.com, Pakistan - The BBC has reported that a group of British MPs have asked the British “government to withhold extra aid to Pakistan unless the country does more to gather taxes from its wealthier citizens”. This...
The Honourable Thing to Do
by Natalie Shobana Ambrose, The Sun Daily, Malaysia - The reality is that, no country will ever be free of corruption – that is a fact. Yet we can strive to stop it, and not accept such gross abuse of...
The Life of Greece's One Percent
by Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel, Germany - The Greek economy has been tanking for years now as the country struggles to balance its budget by imposing deep austerity measures. But the country's richest residents haven't noticed. Many aren't taxed...
Thoughts on 30 Years of Biya Power in Cameroon
by Amber Murrey, Pambazuka, Kenya - Paul Biya’s three decades in power have been marked by political repression, official corruption, poverty and many other ills. But the people have not looked on passively. The country has a rich history of...
Corruption Continues Virtually Unchecked in Greece
by Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel, Germany - While Athens waits for more aid from the European Union, the country continues to be administered in the same old careless manner. Corrupt politicians and the rich continue to help themselves to...
The Fight for Information in Italy
by Alessia Cerantola, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands - In many countries, access to public information is guaranteed by law. Often at the constitutional level. Not in Italy....
Honduran President Puts “Tigers” on the Streets
by Thelma Mejía, Inter Press Service, Italy - The Honduran government’s plan to create a new rapid response police force, as part of a strategy to militarise the fight against crime, is dangerously vague, experts say....
France Has Finally Got Tough on Corruption by Seizing a Dictator's Paris Mansion
by Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian, UK - As France cracks down on corrupt kleptocrats who keep lavish homes and property in Paris, the UK is pressured to do the same within its borders....
Cameroon: Rapping for a Revolution in Cameroon's Regime
by Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Netherlands - Gaston Abe, also known by his artist name, General Valsero, is the provocative voice of Cameroonian youth. His music's denunciations of government corruption have earned him a public media ban and...
10 Things Billionaires Probably Don't Want You To Know
by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks, Huffington Post, USA - Our money-obsessed society tends to celebrate great wealth as evidence of exceptional talent, innovation or accomplishment. In reality, spectacular fortunes are more likely the result of luck, ruthlessness, cheating, or...
At What Price Foreign Policy?
by Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz, Israel - A $4.2 billion lawsuit based on a testimony of a disgruntled employee reveals a scheme to obtain GSM license in exchange for for UN votes....
Reform Hero Takes on Corruption in Thessaloniki
by Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel, Germany - European Union officials have nothing but praise for the mayor of the Greek city of Thessaloniki. Yiannis Boutaris has been pushing ahead with far-reaching reforms to undo the abuses of his predecessors...
Buying and Selling Pollution: Who Gains?
by Khadija Sharife, Pambazuka, Kenya - Why are the solutions proposed to halt and reverse climate change placed firmly in the hands of financiers and key state polluters, who consistently elide investigation of the macroeconomic system at the root cause...
From Watchdogs to Witch-Hunters: Italian Mainstream Media in a Moral Vacuum
by Claudia Costa, European Journalism Centre, Netherlands - The Italian media landscape is a good case study for such degenerating ethical behaviour. With the main newspapers and television channels deeply immersed in the country’s never ending political struggles, unquestioned reports...
Resisting The Corporate Theft Of Seeds
by Vandana Shiva, Countercurrents, India - We are in a food emergency. Speculation and diversion of food to biofuel has contributed to an uncontrolled price rise, adding more to the billion already denied their right to food. Industrial agriculture is...
Reign of the Tin Men
by Shoma Chaudhury, Tehelka, India - The charade of Anna Hazare’s arrest exposes a government bankrupt of political ideas. But there are some lessons there for everyone else too....
Why Digital Privacy and Security Are Important for Development
by Tanya Notley, The Guardian, UK - Digital technologies, such as mobile phones and the internet, provide the development sector with new opportunities to plan and co-ordinate activities, expose hidden truths, and mobilise and engage new audiences. But it's not...
ALEC Exposed--How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Democracy
by Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, USA - For many years, big corporations, including Kraft, Pfizer, WalMart, and AT&T, to name a few, have been paying hefty dues to belong to a group that gives them access to state legislators. The...
Senegal: The Coming of Age of an Heir Apparent
by Amy Niang, Pambazuka News, Kenya - The picture of Karim Wade being introduced to US President Obama during the last G8 Summit in Deauville by Nicolas Sarkozy was at once a banal case of society events and a scandalous...
Russia's Dead End Prison System
by Svetlana Reiter, OpenDemocracy, UK - Russia imprisons a proportion of its citizens higher than any other major country except the US. And with its sky-high rates of re-offending, the penal system serves as a stark reminder of what happens...
The Forgotten Half of the African Sky
by Juliet Torome, Project Syndicate, Czech Republic - In Kenya, my home country, there is a popular saying that when two elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers. Nowhere is that more evident than in the numerous conflicts Africa has...
Turkmenistan: President Berdymukhamedov's Report Card at Four Years
by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, EurasiaNet.org, USA - There's a growing sense, however, that Berdymukhamedov is not going further, not making good on some pledges, and even backsliding. In each of the areas of marginal improvement there is some caveat –...
Kenya Should Draw Lessons From Goings-On in Tunisia
by Sara Bakata, Daily Nation, Kenya - A people can only take so much repression. Couple this with inflation, unemployment and corruption, and you have ready tinder waiting for a spark....
Transparency International: Corruption Rife in Morocco
by Siham Ali, Magharebia, Morocco - Despite government efforts to tackle the issue, graft remains rampant across Morocco, with even the government officials openly admitting the extent of the problem....
Setting Global Standards of Transparency
by Jenny Costelloe, CSR Asia, Hong Kong - It is not often that East Timor (or Timor Leste) is lauded as a front runner in global developments, but when it comes to transparency, this oft-troubled country is one of the...
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