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Putin, corruption and the Magnitsky case

on March 27, 2012 2:38 PM

 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?

on March 27, 2012 12:09 AM

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

Screening: An Arab Spring in Saudi?

on March 6, 2012 11:40 AM

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#FCBBCA Part 2: Women of the Revolution

on December 17, 2011 9:16 AM

by Ivana Davidovic  Maryam Alkhawaya from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights comes from a family of activists, many of whom have been on the receiving end of the police brutality in the Kingdom. So much so that she joked......more

Robert King: The Angola 3 and their fight for justice

on October 5, 2011 10:44 AM

By Thomas LoweRobert King was freed in 2001 after spending 29 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana state penitentiary ‘Angola prison’. Convicted for the murder of a prison guard, his trial was fraught with inconsistent evidence and clouded by the......more