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Ethiopia slides deeper into repression
Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 2:05 pm | Graham Peebles
Faced with a brutal repressive regime, Ethiopians inside the country and within the worldwide diaspora –frustrated, angry and desperate – are considering all options to elicit fundamental change in the country. More >>
Narendra Modi, India’s new prime minister
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 4:54 pm | Graham Peebles
The landslide victory of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2014’s parliamentary elections does not bode well for the 800 million or so Indians living in destitution, or the 120 million minority Muslims in the country, or the Adivasi ... More >>
Enough is enough in Ethiopia
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 5:05 pm | Graham Peebles
There are tentative signs that the people of Ethiopia are beginning to organize themselves and stand up against the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government, a brutal dictatorship, albeit one dressed in Western democratic garb. More >>
Trafficking and torturing Eritrean refugees
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 2:53 pm | Graham Peebles
Life in Eritrea is brutal and shrouded in secrecy. The world is indifferent. The regime trusts nobody – even the United Nation’s special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila Keetharuth, has been denied a visa. More >>
Gender and caste discrimination in India
Monday, 17 March 2014, 12:09 pm | Graham Peebles
A suffocating patriarchal shadow hangs over the lives of women throughout India. From all sections, castes and classes of society, women are victim of its repressive, controlling effects. Those subjected to the heaviest burden of discrimination are ... More >>