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March 17, 2014

Thoughts from Kyiv on imminent invasion – 17 March 2014



Crimeans “voted”. Given the barrage of media coverage of this event, I hardly feel it’s worthwhile to comment on it further: the “referendum” was illegal and will not be recognized by any country other than Russia; the result is a foregone conclusion. A more interesting question is “what’s next?”



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Published on March 17, 2014 10:18

March 16, 2014

Holding Up Half the Sky: How Zambia’s Women went from Housewives to Breadwinners



Women’s status has been greatly enhanced by their growing share of employment, but gender relations are still far from equal.



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Published on March 16, 2014 13:06

March 12, 2014

Dispatches: In Turmoil, But Ukraine Still Considered “Safe”



It would appear obvious to anyone paying the least bit of attention to the turmoil in Ukraine that it’s not the safest place to be right now. But in the eyes of the United Kingdom, France and Norway, Ukraine is considered a “safe country of origin.” That means that if a Ukrainian asylum seeker lands at Heathrow tonight, he would be forced to overcome a presumption that his asylum claim is frivolous.



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Published on March 12, 2014 10:32

March 4, 2014

Russia’s wartime misinformation strategies


While much of Russian media is state-controlled, the Internet has mainly far remained largely free from censorship and has provided an active forum for anti-government criticism. On Monday Moscow blocked access to 13 websites linked to Ukrainian protest movement. The general prosecutor’s office of Russia claims the sites “propagandized the activity of Ukrainian nationalist groups,” and accused them of encouraging “terrorist activity” and “participation in unsanctioned mass actions.”


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Published on March 04, 2014 09:23

#CongoWomenSpeak report: Faces of genocide


These are some of the faces of the 800,000 people killed in just 100 days in 1994 in Rwanda. The photos are hanging in Kigali’s genocide museum—a terrifying place that actually contains the remains of some 249,000 people murdered.


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Published on March 04, 2014 07:01

February 27, 2014

The EP is going to remind Russia that it is a guarantor of Ukraine


Yes, the EP intends to remind you that the existing borders of Ukraine were guaranteed the United States of America, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom in the Budapest memorandum on security guarantees.


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Published on February 27, 2014 07:22

February 20, 2014

EuroMaidan: From Protest to Civil War


The situation in EuroMaidan in Kyiv, Ukraine is getting worse. The people are dying in the streets while here in the west mainly what we are doing is talking and observing, when of course we can do so much more. Arms embargos, questioning Russia why Russian troops are disguised as Berkut, refusing to acknowledge Yanukovych […]


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Published on February 20, 2014 08:33

February 14, 2014

Media Overblowing Extreme Right’s Role in Ukraine’s #Euromaidan Protests


A group of domestic and international scholars of Ukrainian nationalism have warned that an increasing number of media reports are misrepresenting the role of Ukraine's far right within the anti-government protest movement Euromaidan.


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Published on February 14, 2014 06:21

February 4, 2014

#EuroMaidan: Rising for Freedom and Democracy in Ukraine


We would like to announce the release of the new book #EuroMaidan: Rising for Freedom and Democracy in Ukraine. It is a photocentric book with a collection of over 200 photographs from various photographers on the ground in Ukraine.


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Published on February 04, 2014 15:21

January 27, 2014

Ukraine. Price of democracy


The price, Ukrainian people are forced to pay in order to recover the right to live in a democratic country in 2014. For extended explanation of what is really happening in Ukraine see: http://www.slideshare.net/NazarBartos… Source: www.digitalmaidan.com Related PostsStand up for UkraineUkraine: Repeal Repressive New LegislationNew Year. New Updates. New Projects.Released: My Whispers of Horror: Letters telling […]


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Published on January 27, 2014 05:08

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