Pambazuka News 609: Political pied pipers, worker unrest & toilet apartheid

The Fahamu Refugee Programme is pleased to announce the December 2012 issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter. The issue can be found . Please feel free to share it widely.

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Following the August 2011 unrest in cities and towns across England, the British government’s response was emphatic criminalisation and pathologising of those involved, as well as a punitive state response

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Although their top leaders were recently feted internationally, Tunisians are restive due to high unemployment and insecurity. Many feel life was better under President Ben Ali prior to the 2011 Arab Spring

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With an increasing number of women occupying positions of power globally, hopes are rising that these women will use their intellectual property to advocate for full and equal recognition and status for fellow women

Civil society groups urge the government of Burkina Faso to take necessary steps to guarantee freedom of expression

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