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20. Nov 2012
Pakistan: a consolidated democracy?
democracy, Elections, government, Human rights, InFocus, Islam, Pakistan, terrorism
Intervention at a conference arranged by South Asia Democratic Forum on the occasion of the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic review of “Pakistan”, Palais des Nations, Geneva, October 30, 2012. by Stig Toft Madsen Senior Research Fellow NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies This intervention will cover the period from the return of Benazir […]
Read more3. Oct 2011
A Dane in distress
Human rights, India, InFocus, Law, terrorism
By Stig Toft Madsen Research Associate, NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asian Studies The Purulia Arms drop in 1995 was a rare example of a private team of white criminals delivering weapons to an oppositional group in India. The main organizer of the arms drop was a Dane inter alia named Niels Holck. This blog discusses various […]
Read more3. May 2011
Osama bin Laden og Ayman al-Zawahiri i Afghanistan og Pakistan
Afghanistan, InFocus, Pakistan, terror, terrorism
De to terrorister, som jeg vil fokusere på, er Osama bin Laden (født 10. Marts 1957 i Jiddah i Saudi Arabien, død 2. maj 2011) og i mindre omfang Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri (født 19. Juni 1951 i Cairo i Egypten). Fælles for disse to terrorister er, at de har opholdt sig meget længe uden for […]
Read more13. Jul 2009
Some thoughts about the background to the recent events in Urumchi from a sociolinguist’s point of view
China, InFocus, minorities, poverty, terrorism, Xinjiang
Joakim Enwall, Associate Professor
Chinese Language and Culture
Department of Linguistics and Philology
Uppsala University
10. Feb 2009
The End is Near, But Has it really Finished?
InFocus, terrorism
President Rajapakse expressed in his Independence Day address to the nation that his was confident that the days of the LTTE were numbered and very few indeed. Kehelia Rambukawella in an interview with Asian Tribute, the internet based paper, a few days ago that it was of no importance to the government of Sri Lanka whether the LTTE supremo Prabhakaran was dead or alive.
Read more6. Jan 2009
THE ATTACK ON MUMBAI By Stig Toft Madsen Lund University
India, InFocus, terrorism
The attack on Mumbai came after a series of terrorist acts in other Indian cities. Shortly after the attack, a hitherto unknown group, the Deccan Mujahidin, took the responsibility. Because the attack on Mumbai followed the attacks to which the similarly named Indian Mujahidin had owed responsibility, many commentators initially connected the two groups, […]
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