Posts Tagged ‘ oppression ’

There Are Still Walls Out There

There Are Still Walls Out There

November 9, 2009

There are so many beautiful and inspiring photographs of when the Berlin wall came down, everyone who remembers it talks about what a great moment in history it was. After hearing such testimony I feel a great sense of shame and disappointment that 20 years later, we still have walls...

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bm235 Online Community and State of Emergency

November 18, 2007

At a time when the Pakistani government is using the state of emergency declaration to crack down on opposition and media, many citizens are turning to the internet. Amer Sarfraz, one of the people responsible for the Pakistani online community Buzzvines, joins me to describe life under the...

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