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Political oppression & persecution : Political control
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Crisis and Migration
  2014

Hardback: Rs. 3,474.00  Rs. 2,953.00
Exile, Murder and Madness in Siberia, 1823-61
By Gentes, Andrew Armand
  2010
Despite reports of exile proving disastrous to the region, 300,000 Russian subjects, from political dissidents to the elderly and mentally disabled, were deported to Siberia from 1823-61. Their stories of physical and...

Hardback: Rs. 10,799.00  Rs. 9,179.00
Understanding Torture
By Parry, John T.
  2010
Torture is about dominating the victim for a variety of purposes, including public order; control of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities; and, domination for the sake of domination. This title explains that torture...

Paperback: Rs. 3,834.00  Rs. 3,259.00
Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo
By Murat Kurnaz
 
In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the...

Paperback / softback: Rs. 1,399.00
Intestines of the State
By Argenti, Nicolas Pandely
  2008
The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. For centuries the main victims of the slave trade, they became prime targets for forced labor...

Hardback: Rs. 9,720.00  Rs. 8,262.00
Intestines of the State
By Argenti, Nicolas Pandely
  2007
The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. This book deals with their response to centuries of exploitation. It focuses on the repeated...

Paperback: Rs. 3,840.00  Rs. 3,264.00
American Political Prisoners
By Kohn, Stephen M.
  1994
An account of the personal lives of nearly 1000 long-term political prisoners arrested under sedition laws for their opposition to World War I, their trade union activities, or their political or religious beliefs. This...

Hardback: Rs. 12,000.00  Rs. 10,200.00
The Enemy on Trial: Early Soviet Courts on Stage and Screen
By Julie A. Cassiday
 
Attempting to indoctrinate the public into a new society, the Bolsheviks staged "show trials" - legal trials that incorporated theatrical elements such as coached defendants, memorized scripts for confession, and...

Paperback / softback: Rs. 3,150.00
Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions
By Trudy Huskamp Peterson
 
Twenty truth commissions have completed their work of examining and reporting on the abuses of deposed regimes, leaving behind a wide variety of records: transcripts, video and audio recordings, e-mail and computer...

Paperback / softback: Rs. 1,650.00