31st August 2010

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Kashmir: a place of blood and memory

In attempting to suffocate a separate Kashmiri identity, India reveals the cracks in its own idea of nationhood, argues Nitasha Kaul.

Defending press freedom in South Africa

The proposed Information BiIl and Media Tribunals are a serious assault on press freedom in South Africa. They ultimately come out of the internal wranglings of a party that needs not fear the loss of office

Media freedoms and the constitution in South Africa

Professor Pierre de Vos, South African constitutional law expert, in conversation with Tony Curzon Price on the Information Bill; the ANC is a complex coalition that will ultimately act in a trustworthy way with freedom of the press

Always read the small-print: Ghana’s burden of debt conditionality

The World Bank has yet to follow through on its commitment to significantly reduce conditions attached to its loans. This is preventing up-standing and democratic nations, such as Ghana, from charting their own course out of recession

Managing Terrorism, two views reviewed

The one-time head of Downing Street security strategy and an academic expert set out their views on how the authorities should respond to terrorism