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Oct 31 2009 3:21PM
See this cartoon on the Honduran coup

The Honduran Coup, A Graphic History , by Dan Archer and Nikil Saval, uses cartoons to tell the story of the coup and the arrest of the president. Rory Carroll, writing in the Guardian , praises the work for giving more historical...

Oct 30 2009 10:50PM
Unreported World on Afghan migrants

Channel 4 tonight showed the plight of Afghan migrants who get as far as Turkey and then Greece, on the eastern edge of the European Union. The film is in the series Unreported World and is called: Greece - The Unwanted . You can read...

Oct 30 2009 7:08PM
How safe is Zimbabwe now?

Refugee welfare groups have reacted with anger to suggestions from the Home Office that Zimbabwe may be safe enough for failed asylum seekers to be forcibly returned there. See this report in the Guardian .

Oct 30 2009 2:37PM
Iran: Casting the last stone

I’m still staggered that anyone could think it’s OK to partially-bury someone in the ground and throw stones at them until they’re dead. I’d be pretty sickened if I heard that some sadistic criminal had done it. But for this punishment...

Oct 30 2009 12:48PM
President of Honduras under siege

The deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is under siege in the Brazilian embassy and is being attacked by sound . SOA Watch has been pointing out that the military coup in Honduras, overthrowing the elected government, was led...