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27 Feb 2019 6 minute read

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Police violence against gilets jaunes sparks broad backlash

Riot police using flashballs and rubber bullets in France have caused severe harm. Now, a movement is growing to disarm them...

21 Jan 2019 6 minute read

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Catching the cops

Aboriginal people are using a new app to record and report police brutality. Will it help break Australia’s culture of...

14 Oct 2018 5 minute read

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Standing against state violence

The powerful shackdweller’s social movement is mobilizing against assassinations in South Africa. Richard ...

17 Sep 2018 3 minute read

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10 steps to world peace

Hazel Healy examines the ways in which humankind can ditch the military habit - and tackle conflict at its...

Herero who survived the genocide after escaping through the Omaheke desert. Photo from the Galerie Bassenge via Wikimedia Commons.

1 Aug 2018 6 minute read

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Namibia’s long fight for justice

Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma...

31 Jul 2018 13 minute read

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How Nicaragua’s good guys turned bad

Carmen Herrera traces the history of the FSLN, from socialist liberators to the increasingly brutal rule of...

15 May 2018 5 minute read

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Rape as communal violence in India

Violence against women is being used as a weapon of communal hatred, suggesting India should enact the Communal Violence...

8 May 2018 4 minute read

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Why telling victims not to ‘be victims’ is wrong

Kate Smurthwaite stands in defence of this battered word.

29 Apr 2018 3 minute read

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And Finally: Meena Kandasamy

The writer and activist discusses domestic abuse, social media and politics in India with Graeme Green.

Kenyan elections: Kenyatta is sworn in as president after the 2013 elections.

27 Oct 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

After re-run, Kenyan opposition vows resistance

Wangui Kimari reports on the twists and turns of this year’s election season.

Harsh Mander, India caravan of peace

6 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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Visiting India’s grieving families

Mari Marcel Thekaekara writes about a group bringing peace to those affected by hate attacks in India.

7 Sep 2017 4 minute read

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Time to stand against violence in India

Hindu-Muslim violence must stop, argues Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

1 Apr 2017 4 minute read

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The hate that divides us

In shock after hearing of the London attack and a Bangalore assault, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on what...

1 Mar 2017 6 minute read

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Taking on the sand mafia

Hired thugs won't stop S Mugilan. The South Indian activist talks to Sibi Arasu.

1 Nov 2016 6 minute read

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Another blow to Colombia’s peace process

The country’s President Juan Manuel Santos has cancelled peace talks with the National Liberation Army over a hostage dispute...

28 Oct 2016 5 minute read

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Rekindling fears: right-wing violence against migrants is back in Greece

Arrivals may have petered out this summer, but the prolonged refugee crisis appears to be ushering new waves of hostility into...

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