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Inside Burma

Human rights: Fred Taino is a Burmese-speaking human rights defender who regularly visits Burma. Following a recent trip to Yangon, he describes the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, how locals are fighting repression and how tourists have deserted the country

Article photo'I had my childhood taken from me'

Human rights: Former child worker Urmila describes how she lost 13 years of her life as a housemaid in Kathmandu

Article photo'Every time I see the police, I panic'

Human rights: Bolivian Ramiro Perales found himself imprisoned in Spain as an illegal immigrant in a detention centre where theft and stabbings were commonplace

'It was a whole traumatised society'

Human rights: International criminal lawyer Carla Ferstman on her experiences seeking justice for victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda  

Workers' rights at threat in Honduras

Norma Estela Mejia worked at a factory in Honduras owned by a well-known US clothes manufacturer. Appalled at conditions there, she became an active trade unionist – until the factory was closed down

A portrait of crime in India

Ram Kumar Sharma was a struggling portrait artist when his work was spotted by the Mumbai police and he was invited to become a sketch artist. He now helps the authorities catch criminals

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