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One of hundreds of illegal open-pit iron ore mines in the Bellary District in India that operated with impunity until a 2011 ban put a stop to the practice. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS
Dalit women and their children, including young boys, are working together to end the system of ‘temple slavery’ in the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS
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Radio Mahananda, a local station, helps farming communities in Bangladesh to share research and best practices on crop production. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS
独立のジャーナリストとして反核問題を取材してきたロビー氏は1986年、その前年にフランスの国家諜報機関が引き起こした[環境NGOグリーンピースの核実験抗議船]「虹の戦士(レインボウ・ウォーリア―)号」爆破事件に関する著作『炎に燃える眼』(Eyes of Fire)を上梓している。「『北(=先進国)』の傲慢さは太平洋地域の多くの人々を当惑させました。」「バヌアツのような新興国家は、故ウォルター・リニ首相や、(ファア近郊のパペーテ市長だった)オスカー・テマル氏のような政治指導者に率いられて、独立の意思を表明するために『非核』宣言を行ったのです。」と、ロビー氏はIDNの取材に対して語った。
This article was produced as a part of the joint media project between Inter Press Service(IPS) and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC.
Image: The United States conducted the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests, the Castle Bravo test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle on 1 March 1954. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy
This article was produced as a part of the joint media project between Inter Press Service(IPS) and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC.