Book Exposes Violent Role of Paramilitaries in Haiti
by Judith Scherr, IPS, Italy - Haiti’s brutal army was disbanded in 1995, yet armed and uniformed paramilitaries, with no government affiliation, occupy former army bases today.
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Lessons of May 11
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - Election 2013 has proved to be an enigma. We are a people in a hurry and immediately after the...
What Women Want: Merkel Scoring Points With Female Voters
by Christiane Hoffmann, Der Spiegel, Germany - The German left used to have a corner on the market when it came to progressive social issues....
Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure
by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Atlantic, USA - In 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his powers of presidential decree to put a law to...
Standing Up to the ‘Landgrabbing’ Foresters
by Hazel Healy, New Internationalist, UK - Mixed in between the sunflowers, you can see the tips of pine trees, peering over the rim of...
Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook
by Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com, USA - It’s yet another story of how social media can apparently become a tool for abuse — and evidence...
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