By pushing forward a hotly contested mining project and enacting a state of emergency, Ollanta Humala’s presidency is off to a worrying start.
By pushing forward a hotly contested mining project and enacting a state of emergency, Ollanta Humala’s presidency is off to a worrying start.
A visit to Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha, Qatar: a reputation for ‘trouble’, freedom of expression and respect for human rights. And then… a dream.
The Al Jazeera Film Festival in Qatar is more like a group psychotherapy session for human rights filmmakers, says Stephanie Boyd.
Peru is plagued by civil unrest in the wake of the Bagua massacre.
What began as a show of support for Peru's Amazonian peoples has evolved into a full-fledged civil uproar - with anti-government marches, protests and strikes.
Stephanie Boyd reports from Cuzco, Peru, on the furore following the massacre of indigenous protesters.
Across the world, popular protest has demanded adequate food and fair prices. Stephanie Boyd reports from Cuzco in Peru.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled by the tactics used by a website to raise money for poor Indian children. But do the ends justify the means?
‘I was the fall guy’: Julian Assange in his own words
With capital punishment debates resurfacing since the Breivik trial, Tony Mckenna argues the death penalty brutalizes not just the individual but the whole society.
In some Indian communities a girl's first period is treated with great fanfare, in others it is a carefully kept secret, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
Alan Hughes can’t believe the nerve of the London Mayor, who’s trying to dupe people into cleaning up the capital ahead of the Olympics.