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The Trials of Jamaican Gays

The Trials of Jamaican Gays

Can the national culture move toward tolerance?

Jamaica promotes its relaxed attitudes with tourism ads basking in Bob Marley’s lilting “One Love.” Now it has also gained a reputation as a hostile home for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people.

By Bobbi Misick
Published: September 16, 2014
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The Agony of an Egyptian Journalist

The Agony of an Egyptian Journalist

'I don’t have a home. I feel like I’m hanging in the air between heaven and earth.'

Egyptian editor Yehia Ghanem was hired to train journalists in post-revolutionary Egypt. Instead he ended up in exile, convicted of a felony in a political trial and wondering if he will ever see his family again.

By Carmel Delshad
Published: June 28, 2013
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Haves and Have-Nots

Haves and Have-Nots

Uganda's drug-trial business is booming - but is it fair?

Foreign donors, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies have come in to help an isolated region located in the heart of Uganda’s HIV/AIDS zone, but the campaign is raising painful questions.

By Rebecca Sesny
Published: April 11, 2013
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