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Maryann Bird

Maryann Bird was a staff writer at Time magazine and now works at openDemocracy.

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Rhetoric, rights and reality

Amnesty International is seeking to broaden its humanitarian ambitions to meet new challenges. Maryann Bird reports from the launch of its 2006 report.

Nepal: the underbelly of the beast

"I love my country, but I hate the government." Kanak Mani Dixit reports from a Nepali prison. First, Maryann Bird puts the Nepali struggle for democracy in context.