After a deadly explosion killed more than 1,300 people in infamously repressive Turkmenistan, citizen journalism not only broke, but also challenged, the official version of the news.
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Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Abadan, citizen journalism, digital activism, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Internet, proxy servers, Turkmenistan
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South African authorities blew the opportunity to help the Swazi people by providing much-needed financial assistance coupled with conditions that would foster real reform.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: bailout, corruption, Jacob Zuma, King Mswati, Pravin Gordhan, Richard Lee, South Africa, Swaziland
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Meet a team of teen debaters from Zimbabwe, who were in Istanbul in July to attend the International Debate Education Association Youth Forum, supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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Almost 3,000 Roma perished at Auschwitz in August of 1944. Almost 70 years later, we cannot remain complacent about the dangers posed by right-wing extremism.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-Gypsyism, Auschwitz, Baro Porrajmos, Bernard Rorke, Blažej Růžička, Czech Republic, Great Devouring, Holocaust, Hungary, Janez Lenarčič, Jiří Růžička, Jobbik, Ketrin Balogh, Kisleta, Lety, Natálka Kudriková, Nazis, Norway, Ondřej Liška, Robika Csorba, Roma, Tatarszentgyorgy, Vaclav Havel, Vitkov, Zigeunerlager
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