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Indian Girls “Missing” Worldwide Print E-mail
Friday, 20 May 2011 16:09
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By Rita Banerji

 

Many assume The 50 Million Missing Campaign I run is about the female genocide – the mass and deliberate annihilation of women — in India. However, this is a phenomenon that concerns other countries too with sizeable Indian communities, like the U.K., the U.S., and Canada.

Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 16:13
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Labour should be backing Clarke, not trying to get him sacked Print E-mail
Friday, 20 May 2011 16:04
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By Brian Barder

 

On Wednesday Ed Miliband and the usually equally reliable shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan, demanded that the prime minister should sack Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, over his remarks about rape and his proposals for changes in sentencing policy (not just in rape cases). 

Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 16:24
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Why is the UK failing Bahrain’s people? Print E-mail
Friday, 20 May 2011 15:59
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By Peter Tatchell

 

The international community has failed in its duty to protect the civilian population of Bahrain from arrest, detention without trial, torture and murder by the regime of King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa.

Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 16:04
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‘Statesmanship important in post-Osama scenario’ Print E-mail
Friday, 20 May 2011 15:53
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By APP

 

A vast majority of Pakistani Americans say they felt relieved that Osama bin Laden, America’s most wanted terrorist, was killed as he posed a threat to both countries while maintaining that the American action should not become a norm justifying violation of the country’s sovereignty.

Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 15:58
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Old and new demagoguery: the rhetoric of exclusion Print E-mail
Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:32
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By Ruth Wodak

 

Right-wing populist parties tend to be anti-multinational and anti-intellectual: they endorse nationalistic, nativist, and chauvinistic beliefs, embedded - explicitly or coded - in common sense appeals to a presupposed shared knowledge of ‘the people’.

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:35
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