In the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, a London theatre dramatises the story of the British men at Guantanamo, drawing on their letters and on interviews with their lawyers and families. Review for BBC News. May 2004.
British Sikhs salute Indian success
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The Sikh community in London welcomes the appointment of Manmohan Singh as Indian PM – but memories of persecution run deep. Report from Southall for BBC News, May 2004.
Outsourcing the war
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An early profile of Blackwater after the killing of four contractors in Falluja. The private security firm became one of the coalition’s most controversial partners in Iraq and was eventually expelled from the country. BBC News, April 2004
Storming Denmark’s drug stronghold
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A police crackdown sets the clock ticking for Christiania, the Copenhagen hippie haven accused of functioning as “a state within a state”. BBC News, March 2004
The man with the diamond-studded turban
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A profile of Daler Mehndi, the Punjabi singer who traded his taxi in New York for the bright lights of “bhangra” stardom. BBC News, October 2003
Hague Portraits Capture Court Tensions
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A Dutch artist reveals war crimes suspects in a new light.
- Article for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, April 2003.
ICC Supporters Rally to its Defence
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The birth of the International Criminal Court is greeted with hostility from the US as it prepares to invade Iraq. Report from The Hague for The Institute for War and Peace Reporting in March 2003 (incorrect date stamp on IWPR website).
Epic Journey to End Cycle of War
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An encounter with Nadir Shah, the intrepid Afghan cyclist who was making his way to New York on a bicycle that behaved like a “stubborn goat”.
- Interview for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in early 2003 (incorrect date-stamp on IWPR website).
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