[Author] ‘Je suis Charlie’ – I am Charlie – is the rallying call in Europe and even around the world but … am I Charlie? Can I really identify with the men who died and what they stood for? And if not, then who do I identify with? We were all, quite understandably, shocked and …
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This week and the last few have been special weeks. Special for many reasons. First and foremost, it’s a time in which we have seen many celebrations of many religions, more so, for those religions that are dear to us despite being in another part of the world from where they originated from, and for …
I’d like to make a correction in my yesterday’s post, read here. I originally said that this case was now over after yesterday’s news of the two convictions, but I’d like to correct this statement by saying “This case is still far from over”. The reason why I made this correction, follows, two further developments …
Continue reading Stephen Lawrence Murder Case ‘Not Closed’ Despite Two Convictions
For the last few days, I have been drafting 2011 Year in Review post in my head. It’s the first time I’m writing such a post, since my blog is less than 7 months old. If I am to really explain year 2011 it will indeed be a very long post – but I’m going …
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