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I Feel Like A Dead Fish : Silenced By The Taliban, Afghanistan s Musicians Despair

I Feel Like A Dead Fish : Silenced By The Taliban, Afghanistan s Musicians Despair
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Mum, I m starting to talk to myself : Life in solitary confinement in Aotearoa s prisons

Tony Wall05:00, May 31 2021 MARK TAYLOR / STUFF Rachel Edge says her son, Travis, did four months in solitary confinement at Auckland South Corrections Facility. Four years ago, an international report slammed New Zealand’s over-use of solitary confinement in prisons. Since Labour came to power, the practice has only increased, driving some to despair. National Correspondent Tony Wall and data journalist Felippe Rodrigues investigate. Travis Edge is a gang member who’s been in and out of prison most of his adult life. “My son’s a little s.,” says his mother, registered nurse Rachel Edge. “I’ve rung the police on him before, when he’s deserved it. He’s a little s., but he’s my little s., and when I see injustice being done, I fight like a pitbull.”

As Myanmar s Junta Intensifies Its Crackdown, Pro-Democracy Protesters Prepare for Civil War

As Myanmar s Junta Intensifies Its Crackdown, Pro-Democracy Protesters Prepare for Civil War Time 2 hrs ago Emily Fishbein © Getty Images Anti-coup protesters hold improvised weapons during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 3, 2021. Before the Feb. 1 coup, Zarni Win worked for a United Nations-funded committee that monitored a ceasefire between Myanmar’s junta and ethnic armed groups. Today, the 27-year-old from Yangon, the country’s largest city, is getting ready to enlist in one of those groups herself. “Now is the time to start preparing to eliminate the terrorist military,” she tells TIME. “I am ready to join the armed revolution.”

Africa pilots anti-illicit financial flows project

Africa pilots anti-illicit financial flows project Tuesday December 29 2020 Illicit funds that are moved across countries secretly divert significant amounts of resources with harmful effects. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Lack of consistent statistics on IFFs causes uncertainty about the size and trends in illicit flows, how and where they originate and their impact on development. IFFs can markedly differ across countries and regions, and lack of a common framework makes their measurement impossible. Advertisement Africa has been selected to pilot a United Nations-funded project to reduce illicit financial flows. The pilot by the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) support the project, which is aimed at helping the region achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the next decade.

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