The UK government is backsliding on the human rights of migrant domestic workers with its proposed changes to visa rules, claims Aishah Namukasa, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Uganda now living in Germany. Women are engaged in all sorts of employment today to make ends meet and sustain their families. These women include those engaged in the domestic …

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A new charity launching in Australia next month is seeking to provide treatment for children in war-ravaged Iraq so that they may lead happier lives. Aya Najmaldeen, 20, a medical student from Baghdad now living in Sydney, reports. Once upon a time there was a blind Iraqi child called Rasool. Wait a minute. This is …

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A political furore in Uganda concerning alleged beatings of opposition activists has Commonwealth Correspondent Steven Nsubuga, 27, questioning the integrity and intentions of the media and the government. Just over a year ago, Uganda’s most famous opposition politician and 2011 Presidential election loser, Dr Kiiza Besigye, was brutally arrested. The brutality was such that it left …

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The release of Queen Victoria’s private diaries, numbering 141 volumes, gives Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago, the chance to reflect upon the leadership styles of monarchs past, present and still to come. The Commonwealth this month celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking the 60th anniversary of the accession …

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