RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
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A human right to health
FAYE LIPSON explores Fire in the Blood, a documentary exposing the corporate genocide of
Aids drug patenting
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
The UN blames gangs for Haiti’s turmoil, while ignoring decades of foreign intervention and support for an unelected government that lie at the heart of the country’s continuing crisis, says RUBEN BRETT
FIRE in the Blood is a work of quiet, dignified magnitude.
Shown at the finale of last weekend’s Centre for Investigative Journalism film festival at the University of Westminster, the 2013 documentary charts the rise of an alliance which saved unaccountable numbers of lives.
The tale of “medicine, monopoly and malice” exposes how Western governments acting on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry used drug patents to withhold cheap generic Aids treatments from Africa and the global South.
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