tolerance
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I grew up in Cameroon Where on the wall Of my mother’s living room A gecko waited Patiently For the moth. THIS IS NOT A POEM a hymn to tolerance and understanding, written and spoken by Eric Ngalle Charles, directed by Greg Lewis. A Pegasws Production. Read all about this new short film here.
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We’re underway. My friend, Eric Ngalle Charles, and I have long-cherished a dream to turn his words and poetry into a film-hymn to tolerance and understanding. Eric is a Cameroon-born writer who came to Britain as a refugee almost twenty years ago and has since become one of Wales’ foremost poets. His writing is fearless
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Fresh questions today about the way our society treats vulnerable children.Firstly, the Welsh Refugee Council has taken the unusual step of going public with concerns about an individual case – an Afghan refugee named Mashal Jabari, an orphan who arrived in the UK last October.At the heart of the case is a dispute over Mashal’s
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Around 1,000 children are locked up every year by the UK’s immigration system.They have often fled countries where they experienced violence, war and discrimination.The children have committed no crime but, according to the Children’s Society, many experience “depression, weight-loss, bed-wetting and even self-harm”.The Society has joined with Bail for Immigration Detainees to create the OutCry!
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I never thought I’d ask this question but where is Tony Blair?As Hamas and the Israeli government square up – home-made rockets against F-18s – just where is our Middle East “peace envoy”?I thought he might have come out and done something (although on past behaviour I don’t know what I could have been expecting.)The
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This short report on Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s visit to Gaza is only two minutes and three seconds long.Watching it won’t take up much of your weekend. But his words might stay with you for much longer.
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“I am here because I know that these fellows fought not only for Spain but for me and the whole world. It is my duty to be here.”Those were the words of Paul Robeson on the return to their homes of the South Wales veterans of the Spanish Civil War in December 1938.Seven thousand people
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