Photo: Sherbel Dissi

The Interview: Leila Khaled

Marta Vidal speaks with the Palestinian militant about the role of violence in the struggle for a better world.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
View from India

View from India

Tears for fears by Nilanjana Bhowmick.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Police are now responsible for 40 per cent of all homicides in Rio.Photo: Ratao Diniz/Alamy

Law and disorder

Violence in Rio de Janeiro. Report from Brazil by Beatriz Miranda.

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NI 522 - China in charge - November, 2019
Copwatch has also developed an app that can be used to record and store interactions with the police, as well as to alert a user’s contacts if that person is in a potentially dangerous situation and where.

Catching the cops

A new app that helps Aboriginal people in Australia record police abuse is the latest intervention in a growing movement that uses filmed evidence to demand accountability. Ian Lloyd Neubauer reports.

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NI 517 - Trade in Turmoil - January, 2019

Keeping women in their place

As 25 November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Joni Seager maps the stark reality faced by women in every corner of the world – from Belarus to Brazil.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018

What rape tells us about society

The brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in 2012 shone a blistering light on sexual violence as a staggeringly common occurrence in India. Author Sohaila Abdulali explains how, despite the case’s global coverage, the conversation about rape has only just begun.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
10 routes to peace

10 routes to peace

The pressures on our world are serious, and expected to grow. If we take the following approaches, peace will be more likely. It’s time to ditch the military habit...

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018

And Finally: Meena Kandasamy

From gender-based violence to the challenges of being an outspoken woman, Indian writer and activist Meena Kandasmy talks with Graeme Green.

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NI 511 - Humanitarianism under attack - April, 2018
Soldiers in al-Khalil.Photo: PalFest

Caught in the act: Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian

Noreen Sadik reports on the aftermath of a very public shooting in the divided city of al-Khalil.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Layan, walks along a road in the Bekka Valley, eastern Lebanon. Layan has been supported by Kafa, a Lebanese organization that supports women who have experienced, or are at risk of, exploitation and gender-based violence.Photo: Christian Aid / Tabitha Ross

Five years of Syrian crisis hits women hard

Tabitha Ross describes how the conflict is affecting women exposed to gender-based violence, and the vital work of one Lebanese organization seeking to combat it.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
There were protests around the world at the execution of Shi’a preacher Nimr al-Nimr early this year.Photo: Toby Melville/ Reuters

Gambling with ISIS and Co

Saudi Arabia – birthplace of violent Islamic puritanism – is playing a dangerous game, writes Alastair Crooke.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016

The violence of nonviolent protest

Mark Boyle writes on why he opposes 'mindless nonviolence'.

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NI 489 - Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better - January, 2016
Violence flares in West Papua

Violence flares in West Papua

Harry Jenkinson reports on an ongoing struggle for independence.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
Sarvaja’s husband was shot in 1996. She still does not know who killed him.Sofi Lundin

In the land of widows

For the women left behind in Kashmir's border villages, life has its own challenges, as Sofi Lundin discovers.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
Photo: Tristan Oliveira Under a CC Licence

#BlackLivesMatter

Mark Engler considers the true extent of US apartheid.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
Illustration: Sarah John

Heart still beating

Bangui’s main market is the pulse of the city. Ruby Diamonde goes shopping.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
A youngster sits outside the headquarters of the Movement for Liberty and Equality of Haitians for Brotherhood (MOLEGHAF) in Fort National, Port-au-Prince. The grassroots group has been vocal in its criticism of the country’s UN mission.Photo: Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby

‘We’re fighting for a change’

The TV cameras have long departed, but four years after the earthquake, Haiti remains a country in crisis. Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby report from Port-au-Prince on how hunger and violence rule the roost in a situation nearing boiling point.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
Shaking off the shame around vaginas: The Shoreditch Sisters Women’s Institute display their vulva quilt in London. Photo: Shoreditch Sisters WI

Mitts off my muff

Nimko Ali is a brave, straight-talking, Somali British woman, who is revitalizing the campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM).

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
Letters

Letters

Housing, prostitution, violence and the pursuit of economic growth. Praise, blame and all the points in between? Give us your feedback.

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NI 463 - Argentina's challenge - June, 2013

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Article title From magazine Publication date
Palestine July, 2023
Rivers of life July, 2022
China in charge November, 2019
Trade in Turmoil January, 2019
The dirt on waste November, 2018
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
Humanitarianism under attack April, 2018
Technology justice May, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
Global banking now May, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
Feminism fights back July, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
Argentina's challenge June, 2013
What has development done for me? March, 2013
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