A number of Eurasian countries, notably Kazakhstan, are adopting tactics very similar to those of Belarus in order to curb critical media coverage, particularly on the internet. Recent increases in the numbers of online users in these countries have undoubtedly contributed to authorities’ perceived need to control the web.
Magnus Boström — a deminer — on clearing landmines, making the ground safe again.
Book review by Joshua F Leach: From disgust to humanity.
Church child abuse scandal in Germany: Report by Lalon Sander
People near the military-controlled diamond fields in Marange live in constant fear and in abject poverty, benefiting little from the diamond riches that surround them. The beneficiaries of this diamond wealth are largely members of the military, government-appointed corporate entities, and officials in President Robert Mugabe’s inner circle.
Cover story. Haideh Daragahi interviews Parvin Ardalan — women’s rights activist, journalist from Iran.
LGBT people in Uganda live under threat and fear. Ugandan homophobia, ironically, doubles as an expression of resistance to the West while being stoked and funded by conservative leaders and church clergy from the very same West. Report by Ariel Rubin.
India is the second largest arms importing country in the world, just after China. Pakistan has been, for a long time, a standing customer of European arms, making it the eleventh largest arms importer in the world. Given this, the region is indeed a lucrative market for the arms industry to engage in. Armed conflicts between the two nations have been used by eager European arms producers, aided by their governments.
Parvin Ardalan – Iranian women’s rights activist and journalist, and cover person of January/February 2010 issue of Independent World Report – on the civil resistance against the Iranian regime.
True story of how the UK and the US conspired to illegally evict thousands of Chagossian islanders from Diego Garcia in the 1960s to make way for a US military base. Graphic reportage by Dan Archer.
