March/April 2010

WITCHES OF AFRICA
Witch-hunts go on in the continent.
Leo Igwe, Nigerian Humanist Movement

BARRING THE BAHAIS
How Iran persecutes one of its largest minority groups.
Faraz Sanei, Human Rights Watch

DEADLY RIDE
The United Arab Emirates flouts ban on child camel jockeys.
Catherine Turner, Anti-Slavery International

BLOGGING BEYOND BORDERS
Yoani Sánchez and internet freedom.
Andrew Ford Lyons, Committee to Protect Bloggers

IN BAD COMPANY
Press and internet freedom: Kazakhstan takes page from Belarus.
Nina Ognianova, Committee to Protect Journalists

LITTLE WOMAN FOR LITTLE WOMEN
Interview with Alaina Podmorow.
Sharmin Afsana

ORIGINAL SIN
Catholic church child abuse scandal grips Germany.
Lalon Sander

DEMINER
On clearing landmines, making the ground safe again.
Magnus Boström

GAY RIGHTS AND THE POLITICS OF HUMANITY
Book review: From disgust to humanity/Martha C Nussbaum.
Joshua F Leach

ROSARNO
Struggling against xenophobia, African migrants try to survive in Italy.
Martin Edström

A TRIP TO BURMA
Do we help Burma, by boycotting the country?
Anne Edelstam

“WE BECAME MUSLIMS”
Why Swedish women convert to Islam?
Madeleine Sultán Sjöqvist

GOD AND THE GOSPEL OF GLOBALISATION
Amid the triumph of free market, secularism remains a myth in India.
Meera Nanda