
No. 275 / January 1996
In The Dock
Power, Corruption and Lies
Letter
from this month's editor
- In the dock
The Chief Prosecutor of the World People's Court wrestles with some personal demons.
- Tansu Çiller
Turkey's Margaret Thatcher is chic and Westernized - and the hammer of the Kurds. Kurdish prisoner Leyla Zana is lead witness.
- Where are they now?
Idi Amin enjoys a coffee with his cronies in Jeddah; ex-Emperor Bokassa now fancies he is God; Baby Doc Duvalier is down on his luck. News and gossip about seven other ex-dictators.
- Jacques Chirac
He said he'd start his presidency with a bang - and he was true to his word. Tahitian independence leader Oscar Temaru testifies against the new French emperor.
- HUMAN RIGHTS - THE FACTS
- Pope John Paul II
The world may have moved on but the Pope will not give an inch on Catholic people's right to contraception. A few of the victims speak out.
- Helmut Maucher/Nestlé
The Chief Executive of the world's biggest food multinational stands trial for its continuing push to sell babymilk to the poor.
- Swimming against the tide
Lighten the gloom by celebrating the activist winners of the Right Livelihood Award for 1995 - the Alternative Nobel Prize.
- Daniel arap Moi
Kenya's leader recently had multi-party elections - so why is he in the dock? Prisoner of conscience Koigi wa Wamwere tells us why.
- Action including Boycott Nestlé!
- Letters
- Letter from Georgia
- Update
- The NI Interview with Sugatha Kumari
- Reviews: plus Arthur Koestler classic
- Curiosities
- Endpiece by Maria del Nevo
- Country profile: Nicaragua
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