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In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for ‘bold steps towards compromise’ Venezuela

In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for ‘bold steps towards compromise’

22 June 2019 - Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would r…
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June 23, 2019
Manu S Pillai’s latest book features episodes from India’s history and the lives of its prolific figures Feudalism

Manu S Pillai’s latest book features episodes from India’s history and the lives of its prolific figures

Nationalism, politics, religion and that unquenchable thirst for power, all find their way into Manu Pillais latest work, The Courtesan, The Mahatma and The Italian Brahmin a collection of anecdotes plucked from Indian history, from the lives of Maharajas and…
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June 23, 2019
Raqqa Will Rise Again Hrant Dink

Raqqa Will Rise Again

FOR THE third time in its history, the city of Raqqa is in ruins. It was first destroyed by the Persians in the early sixth century when it was known as Callinicum but was rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justinian shortly thereafter. The second time it was d…
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June 23, 2019