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Report

Under the Silence and the Scars: a Kashmir that Will Not Forget or Forgive

8 November 2019 -

Three months after BJP-led government of India stripped Jammu and Kashmir from its special status, the silence from the Valley is deafening, and cracking. Khalid Hussein reports for MO* from the worst ...

Analysis

Asia Bibi and Pakistan´s Great Win Against Bigotry

11 February 2019 -

After spending eight years of solitary confinement in an 8f x 10f death cell, Asia Bibi (51) has been declared innocent. She was released from jail after a three-member Supreme Court bench cleared her ...

Interview

New dilemmas and new directions in South Africa after apartheid

8 November 2018 -

On October 3th 2016, Sachs, who collects honorary doctorates and other titles as if they were panini stickers, visited Ghent University for the third Mandela lecture organised by the Africa Platform o ...

Report

Kris Berwouts: Four days in the hands of Congo’s insecurity services

19 October 2018 -

Although being expelled from Congo in 2017, Kris Berwouts was able to receive a visum for the DRC one year later. On arrival in Congo however, he was immediately stopped by the authorities. This ...

Blog Post

When civil society speak, will leaders from Asia and Europe listen?

16 October 2018 -

Mid October leaders of states from Asia and Europe will meet in Brussels, as part of the Asia Europe summit which happens every two years. In its wake, civil society meet at the Asia Europe ...

Report

Surviving violence and Ortega in Nicaragua

2 August 2018 -

These are the stories of a mother whose son was killed by snipers, of a doctor saving lives on the barricades and of an ex-Sandinista combatant. Their stories tell us of the violence that shaked their ...

Essay

Asma Jahangir: A phenomenon of engaged resistance

27 March 2018 -

The Pakistani diaspora and friends of Asma Jahangir gathered in Brusels, at the Asia Platform, on March 26th, to reflect on the live, the struggles and the continued importance of Asma Jahangir. Cecie ...

Report

The Putin Generation: blind birds or future leaders?

14 March 2018 -

In their lives, these youngsters saw no other state leader besides Vladimir Putin. These are their life stories of poverty and exclusion. They are products of Russia’s turbulent past, and while ...

Analysis

Asma Jahangir: The Legacy of Courage and Hope

17 February 2018 -

She was personified defiance, courage, dedication, grace and dignity. Commonly seen as, the 'bravest of the brave hearts', she was called, 'Asian Hero' by Time Magazine and 'Pakistan's Aung San Suu Ky ...

Report

Tanzania allows Maasai land to be stolen under the guise of development

8 December 2016 -

Tanzania is receiving development assistance to further develop the agricultural sector through public-private cooperation. The projects are being promoted under the premise that fertile land is abund ...

Interview

Karima Bennoune: “Daesh produces destruction pornography”

24 June 2016 -

It becomes clearer by the day: IS (Daesh) tries to provoke a war between ‘the West’ and ‘Islam’. And they make it a cultural war. MO* talked about cultural rights and identitie ...

Opinion

Tax Evasion Is A Violation Of Human Rights

15 April 2016 -

This week, Tine Destrooper, Managing Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University, followed the #PanamaPapers articles with the same indignation as millions of peo ...