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Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions

— Olivier Roy

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Rosemarie Gillespie

Rosemarie Gillespie is an Australian Human Rights Lawyer and grandmother. She is currently at the April 7 Water Treatment Plant in Baghdad acting as a voluntary human shield.

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From a human shield

How does it feel to be a voluntary human shield in Baghdad, waiting for the gathering storm?

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