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Barbados, Guyana: Doctor Complicit?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 21/11/2009

Barbados Underground suggests that the doctor who examined the minor brutalised by Guyana police “was complicit in the torture…the concealment of a crime against humanity and…he possibly committed obstruction of justice.”

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Impact of ICT on Indigenous Cultures: Rejuvenation or Colonization?

Posted by Aparna Ray on 17/11/2009

Can ICT truly preserve and protect distinct identities and culture? Does ICT by its very intervention introduce an element of Westernization amidst the indigenous culture that it purports to preserve and protect? What is the optimum balance between preserving traditional knowledge and embracing remi ...

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Bhutan: Shangri-La or Ethnic Cleanser?

Posted by Sonam Ongmo on 17/11/2009

What is Bhutan? One camp glorifies Bhutan as the last Shangri-la and the other claims that it is practicing ethnic cleansing. Sonam Ongmo breaks some stereotypes.

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Russia: 1999 Chechen Diary, Part 4

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 16/11/2009

The final part (part 4) of Polina Zherebtsovas 1999 Chechen Diary - at Sundry Translations and Other Tangentialia. (More links: intro, part 1, part 2, part 3, Russian-language original.)

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U.S., Europe: Immigrant Writing; Diaspora Mentality

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 16/11/2009

Maud Newton writes about a newly-published anthology of immigrant writing, “Becoming Americans.” Sublime Oblivion examines the views of “Russian political analyst & nationalist Konstantin Krylov” on “international diasporas” and “the diaspora mentality. ...

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