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Nearly ten years since the September 11 events, we assess the depth and extent of various forms of discrimination, their manifestations as well as its resulting violence against individuals and polarisations
among communities of ideologies and praxis. The early part of the decade saw the enormous violations of human rights and national sovereignties in the name of security and solidarity against the “war on terror.”

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by Suman Basnet, AMARC

[Editor's Note: This article was originally published on 21 August 2009 in the AMARC website. Suman Basnet is the coordinator of AMARC Asia-Pacific]

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Asia Pacific has launched the 2nd training program on Community Radio Management and Advanced Radio Production Training for the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA). The ten days long program began on the 17th of August 2009. Trainers Bianca Miglioretto, Isis International and Divya Wesley, Voices, India, are conducting the training for members of the SEWA community radio team at the SEWA Academy in Ahmadabad, India. SEWA received its community radio permit in June this year.

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by Nina Somera, Isis International

While all appears to be tranquil in Bangkok at the moment, media activists are taking advantage of the present peace to unearth and untangle long-standing issues. One of them is the 20 per cent allocation of frequencies for community radios.

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By Nina Somera and Cai Yiping, Isis International

The roads may cleared and embers may have died down but the distrust among neighbours has never been this overwhelming in Xinjiang. While it may be late to set the record straight on the causes of the riots, fair reportage can still salvage diverse narratives of the event without stimulating unnecessary grief and anger by choosing to magnifying some narratives and stymieing others.

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By Nina Somera, Isis International

Twenty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, the image of the young man who was bravely confronting the tanks continues a collective memory especially outside China. While Tiananmen may have slipped through the media's attention this year, a similar event was unfolding in Iran.

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by Nina Somera, Isis International

Isis International conducted a communications strategy workshop for members of the Asia Pacific Women's Watch network from 12 to 14 June 2009 in Saitama, Japan. The workshop aimed to help women's groups to project their advocacies on violence against women (VAW) both to mainstream and alternative media in ways that they find strategic and appropriate based on their local and national contexts. It also sought to reconcile the characteristics and expectations of both civil society and the media in the creating and disseminating ideas and information.