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Colombia: another death threat as mother fights for justice

2013-05-23T06:45:35-07:00

Alfamir Castillo’s son and a friend were murdered by the army. As two generals face trial, there are fears for her safety, writes Patrick Kane.

Tackling obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

2013-05-23T01:28:16-07:00

Regina Bash-Taqi from Health Poverty Action reports on positive steps to tackle the devastating childbirth injury.

Argument: Can shopping be a form of activism?

2013-05-23T00:50:03-07:00

Neal Lawson and Ruth Potts, both campaigners and writers, go head-to-head.

Australians Lock the Gate on mining

2013-05-22T09:18:13-07:00

A movement that began with a call for stronger property rights, could offer radical solutions to the climate crisis, writes Dominic O’Dwyer.

Corporates cashing in on mental-health diagnosis

2013-05-21T03:52:30-07:00

Some of the experts who put together a popular psychiatry manual have fingers in Big Pharma pies, reports Adam McGibbon.

Land Grabs - Hotspots

2013-05-21T00:41:05-07:00

A global tour of controversial land deals.

Haiti’s poor majority pushed to the margins

2013-05-20T04:25:49-07:00

While commercial interests look to ‘seize opportunity’ in the country, Sokari Ekine has seen an increase in the level of poverty.

Cameroon's women call time on breast ironing

2013-05-20T01:23:07-07:00

Amy Hall reports on a little-known tradition with devastating impacts on girls in African communities.

Kenya Occupy protesters charged over live pig protest

2013-05-17T08:36:15-07:00

Activists furious at MP’s demands for higher pay, faced tear gas and water cannons from police. Musa Haron reports from Nairobi.

Is Europe becoming more homophobic?

2013-05-17T07:58:27-07:00

Asks Vanessa Baird as a shocking new survey is published to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

Tibet: the destruction of Lhasa

2013-05-16T10:02:12-07:00

Pete Speller describes his anger on discovering that the old city is due to be replaced with a tourist attraction.

The Palestinian boy who remains 10 years old

2013-05-16T06:58:51-07:00

Noreen Sadik tells the story of Handala, a young refugee created by cartoonist Naji al-Ali. A child that won’t age until he can return home.

Standing up to the 'landgrabbing' foresters

2013-05-15T08:14:00-07:00

Mozambican farmers are working to get companies to clean up their act, with mixed results.

Handing over public services to the banks

2013-05-15T03:24:11-07:00

The Private Finance Initiative threatens Britain’s schools and hospitals, writes Kerry-anne Mendoza.

Does multiculturalism have a future in Britain?

2013-05-14T07:11:41-07:00

Inspired by the rightward lurch of British politics, The Prisma newspaper set up a debate to try to answer this question. Amy Hall reports.

Bread and Roses Award 2013

2013-05-14T03:29:14-07:00

And the winner of the prize was...

Rubber barons are robbing Cambodia and Laos

2013-05-13T02:36:12-07:00

A new report from Global Witness reveals the links between Vietnamese land-grabbing companies and Western financial institutions.

Land Grabs - The Facts

2013-05-13T02:01:11-07:00

An infographic guide to investors, target lands and crops grown.

Leave mums alone

2013-05-10T04:48:54-07:00

As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.

Keep British universities fossil fuel free

2013-05-10T02:36:58-07:00

Oxford University’s partnership with Shell has provoked protest – and there’s more to come, explains People & Planet’s Louise Hazan.