Articles by Jane Duncan

The War Over Blasphemy

July 24, 2015 | Some countries are getting rid of outdated blasphemy laws, while others are ramping up persecutions.

South Africa: The Return of State Repression

June 11, 2010 | South Africans appear to have had their constitutional right to protest suspended during the 2010 World Cup, following a directive from the country's police service (SAPS) to municipalities hosting matches.

Powell Punts in South Asia

August 9, 2002 | Powell's failure to obtain any assurances of further concessions by either side cannot therefore said to be a disappointment.

Is India Going the Way of 1930s Germany?

March 1, 2002 | As Indian opposition leaders have charged, it was part of a broader tendency toward eliminating civil liberties and scapegoating cultural minorities in an aggressive effort to impose a unified sense of nationhood on one of the world's most culturally dive