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Agenda Stories making the news this month 8 Ugandan LGBTI
community down but not out 8 Roma discrimination rife in Slovakia 9 PepsiCo says no 9 Indians ask: how do
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I kiss? 9 Introducing Arseniy Yatsenyuk 10 Blanket assault on Cambodian garment workers 10 East-West strain over Ukraine 11 Keeping UKIP out of EU 11 Abled people say PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and
Reasons to be cheerful.
The Big Story – Organ trafficking i/R e u t e r s l d i n a
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Features 38 Beyond burnout
Post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational hazard for activists on the frontline, says Amy Hall. 40 10 reasons to be worried about the trojan treaties Hazel Healy looks at two monster US-led free-trade deals.
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Mixed media 34 Film reviews We Are the Best! directed by Lukas Moodysson; An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanović. 35 Music reviews Underwater Dub by Sly and Robbie; MetaL MetaL by Metá
Metá. 36 Book reviews The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda by Fawaz A Gerges;
A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros; Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd; and The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld. PLUS: Also out there…
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12 Perpetual scars A forensic examination of the persistent problem of trafficking vulnerable people for their organs, and what it would take to stamp it out, by Nancy Scheper-Hughes. PLUS: Stories and opinions from those with personal experience of the trade.
23 The Medicus affair A report from Kosovo on the skullduggery of an international gang of medical criminals and the tortuous road to bring them to justice. By Selvije Bajrami.
25 A living donor Bill of Rights Principles for protection.
26 Dear Potential Organ Buyer... If you think the trade on human organs just needs proper regulation, read Nancy Scheper Hughes’ exploration of the options.
Front cover: Supertrooper / Depositphotos Magazine designed by Alan Hughes and Juha Sorsa. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
Opinion 30 Should halal and kosher methods of slaughter be banned? Viva! campaigner Tony Wardle and social commentator
Mohammed Ansar go head to head. PLUS: Open Window with guest cartoonist Makhmud Eshonkulov. 33 Mark Engler Cadillac’s electric dream is a nightmare. 43 Chris Coltrane Carbon stomp. PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.
Regulars 6 Letters Legal protection for whistleblowers and praise for basic income. 7 Letter from Bangui Ruby Diamonde visits the Ba-aka forest people to find out about the impact of missionaries. 28 Country Profile: The Philippines 42 Worldbeater Paranoid, arrogant, moralistic and intolerant: step forward,
Yahya Jammeh. 44 Southern Exposure Tsvangirayi Mukwashi offers an unusual view of
Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe. 45 Puzzle Page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 46 And Finally Filmmaker and director Uri Fruchtmann tells Jo Lateu why he supports activists who expose wrongdoing through video.
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