May 1, 2004 ‘Managing to get by’ Beena Sarwar “The state shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfillment of the...
Fisk on the connection between movies and racism, culminating in the torture of Iraqi prisoners by British and American troops. One of the original reports,...
TNS, May 2, 2004 Ten Years of The News on Sunday Beena Sarwar It’s hard to believe that a decade has gone by since The News on Sunday was launched. Then, in ...
"A fifty-three-page report, obtained by The New Yorker, written by Major General Antonio M. Taguba and not meant for public release, was completed in late...
This very relevant piece by Kanak Dixit, editor of Kathmandu based monthly Himal Southasian, appeared in Nepal's Kantipur daily recently, and The News,...
This was written before the ghastly prisoner abuse photos hit the headlines - but highly relevant. beena -- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 05:39:12 +0800 From:...
My piece on the Iraq prisoners abuse scandal and one by Dr Farrukh Saleem, both in The News op-ed May 9, 2004 http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/index.html May 8,...
They can't escape responsibility for their actions, but the abusive soldiers were following orders - Steve Weissman on why that policy is unlikely to change ...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/051104A.shtml Man Down By Marc Ash t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 11 May 2004 I write this at the beginning of May 2004....
Thanks for this Dipankar - and congrats to all our Indian friends who are rejoicing at the BJP defeat. :D Truly a victory of the democratic system and the...
My column in The News today. beena http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/may2004-daily/16-05-2004/oped/o5.htm May 16, 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL ‘Feeling good’ Beena...
Please see msg below from Jo Wilding, now back in the UK and about to start a lecture tour of the USA. beena ... From: Jo To: wildfirejo@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello everyone. Apologies for sending out so many pieces in one go, but thought they were all important. Probably no postings for the next week as I am away....
Thanks to Shireen in Dhaka for this. beena Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 by MediaChannel.org Why Media Stood Silent When Torture Cases First Came To...
Hello everyone, have been out of email contact for the last week. Maha and I were in Sri Lanka where I had a meeting and then we took a few days off to holiday...
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan conducted a fact-finding mission to Ghotki (Sindh) where several people have been killed in clashes between two tribes,...
Outrageous. Another murder, of an undertrial prisoner accused of 'blasphemy'. Such cases have usually been found to be motivated by vested interests. There is...
May 30 2004 PERSONAL POLITICAL To educate or not to educate Beena Sarwar Ameena has paid dearly for being literate in illiterate surroundings. She never went...
Thanks to Harsh Kapoor's SACW for these related pieces - instead of learning a lesson from Pakistan's mistakes, B'desh is falling into the same trap, led by...
CITY UNDER SIEGE Joint Action Committee and the Karachi Press Club are holding a discussion on the law and order situation in Karachi Please come and register...
Karachi people, please come to this event, bring friends. Apologies for earlier error in date (which no one but Tammy seems to have caught - ít's 5th JUNE,...
Organisations like Amnesty have been highlighting prison torture for years. Just a couple of recent news items below remind us of two systems, Ireland and...
Dear all Re: the citizens' event yesterday (about which I wrote a pre-piece, below), organized by the Karachi Press Club and Joint Action Committee, some of...
thanks Shireen. beena N.Y. Times apology feels hollow Toronto Star www.thestar.com MEGAN BOLER May 31, 2004 The New York Times has publicly acknowledged...
Hello all, Excited to share the news that my sister Sehba Sarwar's first novel has just been published, by Alhamra in Pakistan - I enjoyed it very much (ok, so...
Dear friends It is with a great sense of grief and loss that I send this email out - Zamir Niazi, that great chronicler of media freedoms and censorships in ...
The hype about Reagan's 'dignity' and 'charm' and all the rest of it on the mass media serves only to obscure the truth about Gipper. Following are some...
June 13, 2004 The News PERSONAL POLITICAL Our 'Zamir' Beena Sarwar 'Zamir' in Urdu means 'conscience', and that is what Zamir Niazi, that great chronicler of...
PERSONAL POLITICAL June 20, 2004 Some mother's son Beena Sarwar There is strength and inspiration to be drawn from those who use their pain, not to cause...
