Detainees from Libya’s war against supporters of the late dictator are reportedly facing torture in their thousands as the provisional NTC government endeavours to assert its authority. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has expressed extreme concern for the fate of these detainees, urging the NTC to bring these detention centres under
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Egypt has suffered under the continuous State of Emergency Law since 1980 when it was brought in after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. And so the news that Field Marshal Tantawi announced he would “end the state of emergency starting on the morning of January 25, 2012″ sounded as if it was another step
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As the MPs pledged their loyalty to serve the Egyptian nation in the newly elected Parliament on Monday (23rd January), almost a year to the day since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, political divisions and cracks were already beginning to show. A number of parliamentarians added their own personal flourishes to the scripted oaths,
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: presenting a friendly face in London
Monday, 2. 04. 2012. As part of what appears to be something of international PR
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Afghan killings have international implications
Tuesday, 13. 03. 2012.On 11 March, a 38-year-old staff sergeant in the United States Army
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Throwbots to make a debut in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 28. 02. 2012.The United States Army and Marine Corps deployed hundreds of small, throwable
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Pakistan closes northern border routes to NATO and ISAF convoys
Tuesday, 28. 02. 2012.On November 25, NATO aircraft hit two Pakistani border posts between Kunar
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DEMOCRACY IN THE MENA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LEBANON AND TURKEY
Thursday, 17. 05. 2012.The democratic nature of a state has been rightly assumed to be
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THE COMMODIFICATION OF SECURITY: CONCEPTUAL AND POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS
Wednesday, 16. 05. 2012.The privatisation of security generates significant political and conceptual implications. Security is
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Pakistan closes northern border routes to NATO and ISAF convoys
Tuesday, 28. 02. 2012.On November 25, NATO aircraft hit two Pakistani border posts between Kunar
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The New Heretics of the Arab Spring
Friday, 27. 01. 2012.Detainees from Libya’s war against supporters of the late dictator are reportedly
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Something or Nothing – Granting Niger Deltans a
Tuesday, 8. 11. 2011.Something or Nothing – Click to Download PDF
Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict in Nigeria
Tuesday, 8. 11. 2011.Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict in Nigeria – Click to download PDF
Antidote to Violence – Niger Delta Report no.1
Tuesday, 8. 11. 2011.Please download PDF file: Antidote to Violence – Niger Delta Report no.1
