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Female Suicide “Epidemic” in Tajikistan
Female Suicide “Epidemic”in Tajikistan Unchecked domestic violence seen as root cause. By Mukammal Odinaeva in Dushanbe (07-May-09) “One winter evening I went out into the yard, poured aviation fuel over my legs and set fire to myself,” said Mosharif, a young Tajik woman from Vakhsh in eastern Tajikistan. She was taken to hospital and survived, but she regrets that she did. “Why did they save me? I don’t want to live like this,” she said.... more
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Syrian Rappers Find Their Voice
By an IWPR-trained reporter (01-Apr-09) With a swift move, he brings the microphone close to his mouth. “Brothers in Gaza, my microphone is your cannon. You kneel down only to God, and no one can force you to surrender,” blares out Hani al-Sawah, as if on stage in front of a huge audience. But Sawah, 20, is performing with friends in his bedroom and makeshift recording studio in the city of Homs. Sawah’s head is shaved – his only obvious fashion statement, thoug... more
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In Sudan, Activists Mount L...
IWPR 7 months agoCivil society groups attempt to resist government crackdown in wake of ICC’s indictment of Bashir. By Amy Stillman in London (AR No. 209, 9-Apr-09) It was late in the afternoon when the letter arrived at the Sudan Social Development Organization, SUDO, headquarters in Khartoum. Signed by the Sudanese government’s Humanitarian Assistance Commission, HAC, it sounded the deat... more
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