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WATCH: Syria Inside – Black Humour and a Tribute to a Freedom Fighter
Black humor is the main ingredient of Syria Inside, a movie by Berlin-based Syrian Tamer al-Awam and German Jan Heilig that will launch in September 2013. The idea was born in 2011, shortly after the uprising started, to show ...
Russian Political Prisoners Ignored by Everyone
Sergey Udaltsov, a leftist protest leader currently under house arrest pending investigation of his alleged planning of the May 6, 2012 Bolotnaya Square riots (the so-called Bolotnaya Square Case), exemplifies the popular sayi...
South China Sea Dispute: New Battleground for US-China Interests
For over a decade China has been involved in maritime boundary disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. With the recent pivot to Asia by the US, the South China Sea has become the new battleground for US-Chi...
Miley Twerking On Things We Should Talk About
The last few days my Facebook news feed has been inundated with ‘news’ from the MTV Video Music Awards. Newspapers are picking up on the ‘drama’ from the award ceremony, and the internet is aflutter with...
Is Your Love Of Fashion Supporting Bonded Child Labour?
Just over a week ago, the charity Bachpan Bachao Andolan reported on how 33 children were rescued from bonded labour in Wazipur Village near New Dehli in India. After being bought from their parents for a small fee, with pr...
It Started With a Kiss: Footballer opens homophobia debate in Brazil
One week after Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed in celebration at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow as well as three-time pole vaulting champion Yelena Isinbayeva spoke out in favour of an an...
