As published in The Samosa Rejected by the rest of the Tamil population and ignored by the Sinhalese authorities, tea workers who migrated from Tamil Nadu centuries ago are exploited in the plantations of the Sri Lankan highlands. Melanie Gouby reports. Her hands are cut and swollen from years of hard labour on the steep slopes… [Read more…]
March 9, 2010
As published on the Institute for War and Peace Reporting website By Melanie Gouby The arrest of two key Rwandan rebels in Germany has done little to halt attacks by the group they led in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, according to human rights groups. Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni, leaders of the Democratic Forces for… [Read more…]
March 4, 2010
As published in The Samosa By Melanie Gouby Often, French political and societal issues create more debate abroad than on their own soil. The proposed partial ban on the Islamic burqa is one typical example, and as on so many occasions, it has largely been misread by foreign commentators. Racism, feminism, multiculturalism, religion, integration, the… [Read more…]
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March 16, 2010
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