Author Archive: Satish Sekar

Historical Tourism

Author: Satish Sekar November 30, 2019 0 Comments

Historical Injustice This page will detail some of history’s great crimes. Sibling rivalry is as old as the hills, but some, detailed on this page, take the breath away. You will see that some took it to homicidal levels. For…
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Historical Injustice

Historical Injustice, Homicidal Sibling Rivalry

The Price of Independence

Author: Satish Sekar February 20, 2019 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar in Niamey © Satish Sekar (February 2nd 2019) Paradoxes It’s hard to believe now, but in the midst of grinding poverty in Niger is a paradox – a couple actually. Niger is actually a mineral-rich country, especially…
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Articles

Alpha Oumar Konaré, Colonel Amadou Toumany Touré, Diori Hamani, France, independence, Mali, Modibo Keïta, Moussa Traoré, Niger, Seyni Kountché

A Recipe for Injustice

Author: Satish Sekar June 1, 2018 0 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (February 20th 2013) A Curious System? Twenty-nine year model, law graduate, aspiring actress and television presenter Reeva Steenkamp should have had the world at her feet. Instead she was cremated yesterday at a private…
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Vindication International

ANC, APLA, Claire Silberbauer, Colonel Charles Landman, Craig Lamprecht, Judge David Curlewis, Norman Mitchley, Oscar Pistorius, PAC, Phila Dolo, Reeva Steenkamp, Shaun Nel, Siphiwe Bholo, The Eikenhof Three, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Titi Bot Ndweni, TRC, Zandra Mitchley, Zipho Gavin

Entitlement

Author: Satish Sekar March 17, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 15th 2018) Scandal 25 years ago today a precursor of the ‘Me Too’ movement claimed a very important victory in an unlikely place. Morocco, at the time, was seen as a place where…
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Articles, Capital Idea

Abdessalam Bekkali, Ahmed Ouachi, Casablanca, Death Penalty, Dr Driss Lahlou, Hay Mohammadi-Ain Sebâa, Kenitra Prison, King Mohammed VI, Mohamed Mustapha Tabet, Morocco, Moutachawiq Case, Mustapha ben Maghnia

Misconceptions

Author: Satish Sekar February 11, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (February 4th 2018) Romanticised Nonsense History is full of misconceptions and airbrushing of crimes to present a nostalgic view justifying the rule and crimes of one side or other. More often than not the…
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Articles

Berbers, Gibraltar, Guadalete, Julian the Count of Ceuta, King Achila II, King Ardabastus, King Rodéric, King Wittiza, Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Mahgreb, Theodofred, Umayyads, Visigoths

“Satish is a dedicated investigative journalist who worked hard to investigate the background to the jailing of the Cardiff Three for the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The success of their appeal against their convictions is largely down to his hard work. He wrote the story of this case and his subsequent campaign to have the case reinvestigated in his book ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry’. I wanted to write about the forensic aspects of the case in my book Cold…

Liz Porter Sunday AgeAustralia

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“Satish is an experienced and able author and investigative journalist with a long track record in campaigning against miscarriages of justice. He continues acting as a pressure group to alleviate the problems which those wrongfully convicted suffer in the long term, even after they have been vindicated. He is also actively involved in anti-racism initiatives, particularly in football, and seeks to improve racial equality by increasing the sporting opportunities available for disadvantaged gro…

Dave Barclay

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