Political Oppression & Persecution

'An indispensable account' Sunday Times 'Moving and devastating' The Literary Review 'An intimate, highly sensory self-portrait' Sunday Telegrap...

Over much of its rule, the regime of Hafez al-Asad and his successor Bashar al-Asad deployed violence on a massive scale to maintain its grip on po...

On a perfect summers day in August as a faint breeze cooled the heat of the noonday sun and gently lifted the flags to display their mottoes and e...

The events leading to the Marikana massacre not only shattered South Africa's image of itself as a democracy in which workers had a respected place...

I hope that this short thought provoking meditation on rightful responses to injustice will trigger a societal discussion for the conscience and fu...

John Eppler thought himself to be the perfect spy. Born to German parents, he grew up in Egypt, adopted by a wealthy family and was educated in Eur...

They arrive from around the world for countless reasons. Many come simply to make a living. Others are fleeing persecution in their native countrie...

The ongoing assassinations of anti-apartheid activists led to rumours that some kind of third force must be responsible. The South African governme...

The fully updated third edition of Farewell, My Nation considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white America...

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp--a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it...

Since 2003, obstetrician Alice Rothchild has traveled annually to Israel/Palestine with other concerned Americans, to learn about health and human ...

Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world's imagination. A politician and presidential cand...

Citizen Killings: Liberalism, State Policy and Moral Risk offers a ground breaking systematic approach to formulating ethical public policy on all ...

This book examines the human consequences (individual, social, cultural, and economic) of civil war and political repression in Castilleja del Camp...

Naomi Mitchison's account of the life and work of the Afrikaner lawyer and political activist Bram Fischer (1908-1975) was first published in 1973,...

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the site of the largest mass repression of an ethnic and/or religious minority in the world today. Researc...

In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and tort...

A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world.For the 150 years that Hong...

A shocking depiction of one of the worlds most ruthless regimes and the story of one womans fight to survive. I will never forget the camp. I can...