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Human Rights In Focus

Watching or being watched?

British writer George Orwell wrote his novel “1984” in the middle of the twentieth century as an allegory of totalitarian states which had emerged on the global panorama, mainly represented by the USSR.   Arthur Vandellay   The protagonist, Winston Smith, like the rest of society, is constantly monitored by […]

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Time for Tea anyone?

Sitting inside number 110 Shoreditch High Street, I watch passers-by as they peer inside confused and intrigued, most too reserved to enter the quirky one of a kind tea house nestled in the middle of East London. (The Prisma memoirs)   Sofia Ahmad   To me their bemusement is entirely […]

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A portrait of Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani was one of the greatest European actresses of the post war era. Born in Rome, Italy, in 1908 and victim of pancreatic cancer, she died in Rome at the age of 65. She starred in ‘Rome, Open City’ and ‘Mamma Roma’ and was known as ‘Nannarella’. She won […]

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Permission to speak freely

My friend just gave birth. Which is, if you think about it, pretty amazing. I’ve never even given blood. It got me thinking about all the lessons you’re obliged to teach a new human, and later, conflicting lessons.   Erica Buist   You teach a child to always tell the […]