Gaza city’s stifling feeling of being encased in an Israeli ring of fire dissipates for few moments as Mohamad Jabroq and I leave the port and setting sun behind, crashing through waves on his small, life-jacket-free motorboat fixed with … Continued

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  Legend has it that when the English weren’t hacking lumps out of each other in the internecine War of the Roses in the 15th century, opposing warriors would test their manhood and combat skills by kicking around an inflated … Continued

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  Hopes for free and fair elections to return to democracy in Fiji are fading fast following the rejection of constitutional reform by the military regime and continuing repression of workers’ rights. Any pretence that next year’s election will usher … Continued

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  27 December, 2012, will go down as one of the bleakest days in the history of Cambodian justice. On that day, the Appeal Court of Phnom Penh ordered Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun to return to prison. These … Continued

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  Chand Bibi, 38, runs a one-room informal school for girls in a slum on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad. The overwhelming majority of people living in the area are of Pakhtun origin, and come from the areas … Continued

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