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Anti-trafficking measures do not necessarily protect human rights. On several occasions, they have defeated their very purpose.

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Yellow satellite dishes have been protruding from the windows and roofs of homes and establishments in Bangkok these past few months. Through these, Thais are able to witness political events as they unfold, in a way that is unprecedented in Thai media.

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by Manuel Quintero, Cuba

[Editor's Note: The World Association for Christian Communications (WACC) held its 8th Congress from 6 to 10 October 2008 at Capetown, South Africa. Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, who is a special member of Isis International Board of Trustees was a key note speaker at the Congress. Isis' research, People's Communications for Development (PC4D) was also presented during the event by Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, a member of Isis' Board and coordinator of femLINKPACIFIC. The full text of the article may be found on the WACC website, http://www.wacc.org.uk/regions/africa/ african_news/feminine_power_restores_hope]

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In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Asia-Pacific community of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is set to hold a series of workshops from 17 to 20 October 2008 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in making community radios responsive to poverty and situations of disaster.

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Participants of the recently concluded conference of OURMedia, held from 11 to 15 August 2008 in Accra, Ghana made a collective commitment of expanding the democratic spaces which can enable more meaningful conversations and dialogues and sharing of expertise and resources.

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Accra, Ghana – OurMedia accomplished yet another milestone as it hosted the 7^th international conference on community radio and alternative media from 11 to 15 August 2008 in Accra, Ghana. With the theme “Identity, Inclusion and Innovation,” the conference was also an auspicious event as it coincided with the 10^th year of Radio Ada, the first community radio ever built in Ghana and the 25^th year of AMARC Africa.