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For Nepal's widows, Qatar remains a migrant graveyard - Francis Wade
http://www.franciswade.net/2014/07/10/for-nepals-widows-qatar-remains-a-migrant-graveyard
For Nepal’s widows, Qatar remains a migrant graveyard. July 10, 2014. Original article can be found at ucanews.com. But for Manika, those options don’t exist. She has been pitched from her village into the frenetic world of Nepal’s capital, unable to read, with two children to raise and only a vague idea of what befell her husband of eight years. She’ll receive just under $1,000 in compensation from the Qatari government for his death that could take a year to arrive. Burma’s Hard-Line Buddhists Are Wagi...
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Nepal’s Impoverished Kidney Village, Where Organs Come Cheap - Francis Wade
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Nepal’s Impoverished Kidney Village, Where Organs Come Cheap. July 10, 2014. Original article can be found at TIME Magazine. One 19-year-old mother is actively looking for a buyer, but recent crackdowns by Nepalese police have taken out many of the middlemen. If you know someone [a broker], tell him to come here! Previous post: For Nepal’s widows, Qatar remains a migrant graveyard. Next post: Beaten and spied on, Sri Lankan asylum seekers reveal oppression of being returned. TIME - 15 December 2015.
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Thailand’s Army Tightens Its Grip on Power - Francis Wade
http://www.franciswade.net/2014/05/27/thailands-army-tightens-its-grip-on-power
Thailand’s Army Tightens Its Grip on Power. May 27, 2014. Original article can be found at TIME Magazine. Thais awoke this morning to their first full day of military rule, with top political leaders detained and television stations taken off air following a coup yesterday led by the powerful army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha. They face possible arrest, while scores of politicians and activists have been banned from leaving the country. I was aware of martial law being imposed but didn’t think that w...
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"Being Burmese”: Anti-Muslim Violence and Burma’s Modern-Day Frontiers - Francis Wade
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8220;Being Burmese : Anti-Muslim Violence and Burma’s Modern-Day Frontiers. June 16, 2014. The original article can be found at Los Angeles Review of Books. Later he mentioned that bullet holes resulting from police fire had peppered the walls of one house, but that the machines had removed any evidence of this. One of the hardest jobs for journalists covering the ethno-religious violence in Burma has been explaining its place in the wider narrative of a country undergoing democratic reforms. The decades...
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Blog Archives - Francis Wade
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Why ‘morally right’ responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack may be dangerous. January 9, 2015. The general response to the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris on 7 January has been to call for solidarity with the slain journalists, and the principle of free speech that the magazine is seen to champion. The…. Why are more than 250 activists facing trial in Burma? December 6, 2013. The irony of Burma trying an activist for ‘negligent homicide’. July 22, 2013. July 15, 2013. June 25, 2013. When I an...
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Photography - Francis Wade
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Bangkok, by day and night. The legacy of Agent Orange. Burma’s Hard-Line Buddhists Are Waging a Campaign of Hate That Nobody Can Stop. TIME - 15 December 2015. Foreign Policy Magazine - 15 November 2015. West Bank of the East: Burma’s Social Engineering Project. LA Review of Books - 7 November 2015. The Lady’s Challengers. Foreign Affairs - 6 November 2015. Cinema from the eye of the storm. Financial Times - 6 October 2015. LA Review of Books - 30 May 2015. Designed by Sanook Studio.
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About - Francis Wade
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Francis Wade is a freelance journalist and analyst based in London and Yangon. Since 2009 he has covered Burma/Myanmar and Southeast Asia for. The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books,. TIME, Foreign Affairs, Al Jazeera English,. And other leading international titles. His photography has appeared on. Feature Shoot, Mail Online. He is currently writing a book on Buddhist nationalism and political violence in Burma/Myanmar, to be published by Zed Books. TIME - 15 December 2015. Designed by Sanook Studio.
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Beaten and spied on, Sri Lankan asylum seekers reveal oppression of being returned - Francis Wade
http://www.franciswade.net/2014/08/06/beaten-and-spied-on-sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-reveal-oppression-of-being-returned
Beaten and spied on, Sri Lankan asylum seekers reveal oppression of being returned. August 6, 2014. Original article can be found on The Guardian website. The Sri Lankan navy vessel docked late one afternoon in Batticaloa. A group of 41 men, women and children disembarked, flanked by navy personnel. From the shore they were ordered into vans and driven through the night to Galle on the southern coast. Do you know LTTE? He repeatedly denied it, and was kicked in the leg. They carried with them a tattered ...
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Ghost Ships - Francis Wade
http://www.franciswade.net/2015/06/01/ghost-ships
June 1, 2015. Original article can be found on the LA Review of Books website. Previous post: Why ‘morally right’ responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack may be dangerous. Next post: Cinema from the eye of the storm. Burma’s Hard-Line Buddhists Are Waging a Campaign of Hate That Nobody Can Stop. TIME - 15 December 2015. Foreign Policy Magazine - 15 November 2015. West Bank of the East: Burma’s Social Engineering Project. LA Review of Books - 7 November 2015. The Lady’s Challengers. Designed by Sanook Studio.
