The right to peaceful protest is far from universal. Citizens in Bahrain, China and Syria can all testify to the dangers involved in daring to be a dissenting voice, especially if one seeks to dissent in public.
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LONDON - Not so many years ago, those who entered the Foreign Ministries of countries such as Britain and France were expected to be cultured individuals destined to be the public face of their nations in various corners of the globe.
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Since Sierra Leone's eleven-year civil war officially ended in 2002, it has been struggling to rebuild a traumatised nation and to change perceptions of it as a land of drug-crazed rebels, child soldiers and blood diamonds. The story of this small (...)
