Down with the dictator: photos of the military coup leader general Min Aung Hlaing pasted at the bottom of a flight of stairs in Yangon, for pedestrians to trample on in support of democracy.Photo: Panos Pictures

Fighting the cartel

Myanmar’s generals have amassed billions of dollars through a secretive business empire. Aye Min Thant tracks the growing movements to dismantle it.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
‘We’re coming for them’

‘We’re coming for them’

Police profiling in Nigeria by Shayera Dark.

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NI 529 - The biodiversity emergency - January, 2021
On death row

On death row

The mastermind of the 1995 sarin gas attacks in Tokyo is executed.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
When water supplies run dry in his village, Shiva Korade attempts to make a living selling sugarcane juice in nearby Pune.Photo: Fiona Broom

Lessons from the thirst economy

Conflicts over water are on the rise in India, but climate change is not the only culprit. Fiona Broom reports on a powerful water mafia that is sucking India dry.

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NI 504 - The Equality Effect - July, 2017
A signpost for the clinic that was the hub for criminal activity.Photo: Visar Kryeziu/AP/Press Association Images

The Medicus affair

A report from Kosovo on the skullduggery of an international gang of medical criminals and the tortuous road to bring them to justice. By Selvije Bajrami.

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NI 472 - Organ trafficking - May, 2014
‘Injustice must be resisted,’ insists Father Musala.Photo: redpepper.co.ug

Brave Father Musala

The cleric who exposed sex abuse in Uganda’s Catholic Church talks to Patience Akumu.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
Illustration: Dominic Bugatto/Three in a Box

'I had to do it'

Psychoanalyst David Morgan on what makes some people risk all to speak out.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014

Blasts from the past

A historic look at some who took the plunge to make a difference.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
Illustration: Ben Jennings/Cartoon Movement

Don't shoot the messenger!

Admired by the public, reviled by those in power, whistleblowers are on the frontline of democracy. But need they be martyrs? Vanessa Baird asks.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator
is arrested by New York City police.Mike Segar / Reuters

Brute forces: a year of rough injustice

On the International Day Against Police Brutality, Nick Harvey looks back on a busy year for out-of-control officers.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
Jail babies

Jail babies

Children imprisoned with their mothers worldwide

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NI 414 - We need to think about toilets - August, 2008

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
The biodiversity emergency January, 2021
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
The Equality Effect July, 2017
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
Mental health May, 2012
Adapt or die April, 2012
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
We need to think about toilets August, 2008
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