By Helena Williams For 25 years photo agency Panos Pictures has been covering stories the mainstream media won't. The commercial arm of the development NGO the Panos Institute (now Panos London) has had photographers documenting history as it unfolds, with a focus on social and development stories globally....more
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A criminal fate in North Korea
By Rosie ScammellShin Dong-Hyuk is the only known person born in a North Korean prison camp to escape. On Tuesday night he told a packed audience that they must help the 200,000 remaining:“The first thing that I remember being told......more
Behind the wall of secrecy: Escape from Camp 14
By Jim TreadwayA packed house heard the touching and frightening story of Shin Dong-hyuk at the Frontline Club, told in Blaine Harden’s recently published book Escape from Camp 14: One man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West. Shin......more
Is Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign baloney?
By Thomas Lowe With over one hundred million ‘views’ the Kony 2012 video has started a far-reaching debate on the aims and value of a production seen by many as an over-simplification of complex situation. Produced by the NGO ‘Invisible......more
Putin, corruption and the Magnitsky case
By Thomas LoweIt's not easy to hear of how Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was killed.“you need to be sitting down for this story” said chair, Edward Lucas, foreign correspondent with the Economist. “...could those people at the back find a space?”William Browder was once the......more
What next for Putin's Russia?
By Alan Selby Against a backdrop of growing discontent, and widespread allegations of fraud, Russia's recent elections heralded Vladimir Putin’s re-election to the presidency. The man who many still saw as Russia's de facto leader will now resume his tenure,......more
Jasad & the Queen of Contradictions
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Screening: An Arab Spring in Saudi?
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#FCBBCA: Crisis in Syria - what can be done?
Almost a year since the uprising began in Syria, 7000 people are estimated to have died at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The death this week of the revered journalist Marie Colvin - a founding member of the Frontline Club - has intensified the media spotlight on what has become a humanitarian crisis. A panel of experts on the situation came to the Frontline Club on Friday for a #FCBBCA event exploring possible solutions to the situation....more
Rebuilding Libya
By Alan Selby Much has happened since this time last year. The 15th of February 2011 saw the first Libyans take to the streets of Benghazi against a brutal dictatorship which ruled over them for 42 years. The events that......more
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