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

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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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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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

Rivalry

Author: Satish Sekar February 10, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (February 2nd 2018) The Power and the Glory By 718 the Berber and Umayyad presence in Spain was established, although fighting continued. The last Visigoth King of Hispania, Rodéric, had usurped the throne and…
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Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Abd Allah ibn Musa, Battle of Guadalete, Bay of Biscay, Caliph Al-Walid I, Egilona, King Rodéric, Musa ibn Nusayr, Spain, Straits of Gibraltar, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Umayyads, Visigoths

The Origins of Al-Andalus and Beyond

Author: Satish Sekar February 10, 2018 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (February 1st 2018) The Umayyads It was one of the world’s major empires, albeit a short-lived one, but its influence, culturally, historically, politically, etc. was immense and not just in Spain, but Morocco too….
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Al-Andalus, Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, Berbers, Caliph Al-Walid I, Emir of Ifriqiya, Gebral Tariq, Gibraltar, Julian the Count of Ceuta, Morocco, Muawaiya ibn Abi Sufyan, Musa ibn Nusayr, Rodéric, Spain, Tangier, Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Umayyads, Theodofred, Visigoths, Wittiza

“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 author of ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry‘ and the recently published “The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt“. He is also a journalist, academic, researcher and expert, especially for those who have suffered miscarriages of justice. Although at times, Satish is highly critical of the criminal justice system, he only challenges from a position of desiring improvement for the benefit of all, whether they be the investigator or the investigated. Members…

Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera

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