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Lost childhood

Grandparents for Asylum demonstrating in Denmark: Photo by Amila Jašarević.

Children in Danish asylum centres: “In their desperate search for normalcy and stability, these children often take refuge in the virtual world of social networking websites like Facebook or Myspace.”

Chinese apartheid

Rebiya Kadeer: Photo by European Parliament.

Wasfia Nazreen interviews Rebiya Kadeer of World Uyghur Congress: “The situation in East Turkestan, is not any different than what had happened in South Africa. It is probably worse.”

Steps towards freedom

Tryckfrihetsförordningen: Artwork by GreyType Creative.

Fragments from the history of free speech in Sweden: “Few Swedes would recognise the name of Johann Heinrich Schönheit. He was the last Swede to be executed in Sweden for exercising his freedom of speech.”

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