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SLAVERY IS NOT QUITE DEAD

It was reported in local newspapers April 14 2010 that in Kandahar Afghanistan ,a gunman lying in wait, shot and killed an 18 year old girl as she left her job at a U.S. development company, casting a spotlight on a stepped up campaign of the Taliban to intimidate women. What could this young innocent Continue Reading

press Freedom in Dubai

  Dancing with the sheiks: Freedom in a global ageHome / Ethics / Ward’s Words /April 13, 2010 – Posted by Dana LaceyShareThisIn the new “hybrid” globalized societies, such as Dubai, media freedom takes on hybrid forms. Stephen J.A. Ward speaks with James Piecowye, host of the emirate’s strictly monitored English-language radio talk show, about Continue Reading