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Published in: 50.50Global mechanism, regional solution: ending forced sterilisationFor the first time in south-east Asia, an HIV-positive women's group in Indonesia is using the CEDAW Shadow Report...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia BurningWhen the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...
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Published in: HomeThe US 2012 Election and China: why a real dialogue about human rights will never happen
Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the...
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Published in: HomeThe American election: a view from Down Under
As a somewhat reluctant member of the American orbit in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia carefully watches the...
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka, many shades of accountability
A long-awaited review on the conduct of United Nations agencies during the last stages of the war in Sri Lanka is...
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Published in: HomeChina vs India: a democracy battle
The last war between Asia's giants erupted in October 1962. Fifty years on the respective works of a Chinese and an...
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Published in: HomeNorodom Sihanouk, a Cambodian life
The man who was variously Cambodia's anti-colonial leader, king, prime minister, prince, and exiled figurehead is...
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Published in: 50.50Stateless in Burma: Rohingya word warsIn order to understand how the ‘Rohingya crisis’ has come to pass we need to consider the narrative built by three...
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea: change of signs
Pyongyang looks and feels different under Kim Jong Un's leadership, but how much do new buildings, markets and...
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Published in: HomeGreat policy challenge facing Australia: a land of plenty and not a leader in sight
In Australia, both at the Commonwealth and state levels economic policies do not address the problems the country...
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Published in: HomeChina, the view from the ground
The self-organising efforts of migrant workers and rights activists across China offer a vital insight into the...
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Published in: 50.50Outsourcing responsibilities: Australia's punitive asylum regimeAustralia’s return to offshore detention and processing centres for asylum seekers signals a renewed willingness to...
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Published in: HomeChina and Japan: a conflict of logics
The territorial dispute between regional powers has the potential to escalate. All the more reason for the Chinese...
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Published in: HomeNepal, a constitutional impasse
Nepal is still awaiting a new constitution to complete its transition from a decade of conflict to democracy. So...
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Published in: HomeChina: Xi Jinping's new generation
The imminent transition of power in Beijing will see a new ruling group arrive in power. But does its background and...
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Published in: HomeKashgar's old city: the endgame
China's plan to transform the heart of Uyghur culture, learning and urban settlement - Kashgar old city - is well...
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Published in: HomeChina's party, Bo Xilai's legacy
The efforts of China's ruling elite to cope with the scandal that consumed a leading comrade mark a political...
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Published in: HomeDoubting North Korea’s ‘collapsists’
Commentators on North Korea have predicted the immanent downfall of its dictatorial regieme since its inception, but...
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Published in: HomeBurma: between elections and democracy
The by-election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party in Burma (Myanmar) raises the question of whether the country is...
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Published in: openSecurityTrial by media: Bangladesh's 'International' Crimes Tribunal
Phone tapping, court orders and vitriolic condemnations of the accused point to a disconcerting unity between the...
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