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Voices without borders is a project in memory of Anna Politkovskaja (1958-2006), Ny Tid columnist from February 10 to October 7 2006.
This is how I and thousands have lived and fought against the tyrannic regime the latest day. World exclusive text in Arabic from the author and doctor Nawal El Saadawi (79), Cairo, Egypt: الثورة المصرية تضع قيما وعقدا اجتماعيا جديدا
Read more (06.02.2011 17:05)
The Mubarak media propagate lies to hide their crimes: Over 400 young Egyptians killed the last days. We need the world media to tell the truth about the regime now!
Read more (06.02.2011 12:33)
This weekend, Burma VJ might win an Oscar. But don't tell the regime in Rangoon. They rather give the audience TV soaps, which are making the Burmese fans of anything from South Korea.
Read more (06.03.2010 23:09)
In Azerbaijan a corrupt regime is thriving. Western countries could have been a driving force for democracy in the region. Instead, they focus on their own oil interests.
Read more (04.02.2010 15:50)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama didn´t pronounce the word «human rights» correctly in Beijing. But I´m not disappointed. That´s exactly what I expected.
Read more (10.12.2009 15:30)
It′s better to cover men′s eyes than women′s bodies. Today′s conception of honour is based on a lie. Read the column in Arabic below: عنى الشرف هذه الأيام يتحول الى معتقدات خاطئة
لماذا لا تغطى اعين الرجال بدلا من تغطية جسم النساء
Read more (29.10.2009 11:00)
The Fort Hood-shooting in Texas made me re-think the usual conventions. Namely: A Norwegian social scientist understands me far more than the Muslim guys whom the government officials usually meet.
Read more (27.11.2009 16:13)
Another human rights activist and friend of my own newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, has been killed in Russia. It's worse than during the Soviet era. Read the column in Russian: России были убиты шесть журналистов, праозащитников и оппозиционных политиков. К сожалению, это не только жуткая статистика.
Read more (24.11.2009 15:29)
Read the column in Spanish below: "Capitalismo a medias. La sociedad cubana vive sustentada en la explotación del hombre por el Estado."
Read more (17.12.2009 15:55)
We who voted in the Afghan elections, have been betrayed. It´s time for a new strategy: To isolate Taliban from the politics.
Read more (29.10.2009 10:08)
Iranian women were not only the first victims of the Islamic revolution, they were also the first ones to take up the fight.
Read more (09.10.2009 11:28)
The political and economical crisis has turned Zimbabwe into a nation of innovators.
Read more (09.10.2009 11:09)
While the attention of the international community is drawn to the uprising in the Xinjiang region, the oppression in Tibet continues. The political pressure on the Chinese government must be upheld.
Read more (12.08.2009 15:40)
Homosexuality can be treated by yoga and meditation techniques, Indian guru claims. Religious leaders put the brakes on new legislation that suggests gay sex should be legal.
Read more (02.10.2009 13:48)
There is a striking similarity between the hijab and make up.
Read more (02.10.2009 09:34)
Durante la década de los años 60, en el siglo pasado, se produjo un boom de nacimientos en Cuba, fue el momento pico de confianza en la recién nacida Revolución.
Read more (04.06.2009 12:05)
On 19 January 2009 lawyer Stansilav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were murdered in Moscow city center. In the Russian media this incident received little attention.
Read more (06.03.2009 13:10)
Do we live in a free and democratic society?
Read more (06.03.2009 12:30)
In our country the fight against terrorism is called a «special operation». Most often these «operations» take place in Khasavyourt, a city in Chechnya´s neighboring Republic of Dagestan.
Read more (11.08.2006 08:00)
The eighth round of Sino−Tibetan talks was, obviously, a major turning−point.
Read more (27.09.2008 16:36)