Progressive, pro-refugees and openly gay, the former MEP and current mayor of Słupsk – a remote town near the Baltic coast – Robert Biedroń is an outlier in the Polish political scene. Here is the story of a man who…
Rohingya. Photos of refugees from Burma in Bangladesh
Pictures from Ugandan Refugee Camps
Pictures for my book “Red Tibet. Communism in the Land of Snows”
s. 276: Włamawszy się przez świetlik w suficie, samotny promień słońca wyłowił z mroku jednego młodzieńca i łaskocze go pod powiekami, przeszkadzając w modlitewnym skupieniu. Ozłocony blaskiem broni się, osłaniając ogoloną głowę rąbkiem szaty.
Tibetans Divided Over Cult of Martyrs
DHARAMSALA, India – Nestled in the Kangra Valley in the shadow of the Dhauladhar Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala is beautiful to behold. But the scenic landscape belies a dark reality: the cult of martyrs…
Earthquakes Don’t Kill, Buildings Do – Or Is It Inequity?
KATHMANDU – 70-year-old Chiute Tamang was working in his field when the earth shook on Apr 25. He grabbed a tree. His wife and daughter were inside the house at the time, but managed to run out. In the blink…
Bangladesh Ailing After Aila
It has been four years since Cyclone Aila struck Bangladesh, triggering floods and widespread destruction. But the villagers of Koira subdistrict, among the worst affected of the 11 districts hit by the cyclone, are yet to recover from its impact.