Activists furious at MP’s demands for higher pay, faced tear gas and water cannons from police. Musa Haron reports from Nairobi.
The Philippines: little reason to celebrate press freedom
While rankings have improved, Iris Gonzales describes a culture of impunity which fails to get justice for murdered media workers.
- Iris Gonzales
- May 7, 2013
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Bring workers’ rights back into fashion
Angered by the avoidable tragic factory collapse at Rana Plaza, Bangladesh, Mari Marcel Thekaekara looks at how we’ve regressed on employment.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- May 2, 2013
- 9
Overseas Filipino Workers – heroes at home, exploited abroad
In Qatar, Iris Gonzales is surrounded by fellow Filipinos forced to find jobs away from their families.
- Iris Gonzales
- April 25, 2013
- 5
‘We need leaders who want a better world’
The death of Margaret Thatcher gives Mari Marcel Thekaekara pause for thought.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- April 16, 2013
- 5
India celebrates Novartis ruling
It is refreshing to hear a piece of good news that will impact on people living in poverty across the globe, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- April 8, 2013
- 4
Kenya prepares to swear in fourth president
Now Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win has been confirmed by the Supreme Court, Henry Owino considers what his next moves might be.
- Henry Owino
- April 3, 2013
- 0
The water crisis at home
The people of Bangalore need to be active in finding local solutions to preserve a vital resource, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- March 25, 2013
- 5
A beautiful country tainted with blood
Iris Gonzales is saddened by what has been happening in India, a country close to her heart.
- Iris Gonzales
- March 20, 2013
- 0
What’s the price of the ‘right’ to alcohol?
Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the potential of prohibition in India where women have burnt down liquor shops over alcoholism’s devastation.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- March 8, 2013
- 7
Palestinian hunger striker ‘hanging between life and death’
More than 200 days into his protest against the Israeli occupation, Samer Issawi is not giving up. Noreen Sadik reports.
- Noreen Sadik
- February 22, 2013
- 1
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