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The fate of journalists kidnapped in Syria is a terrifying mystery. As of press time, at least 30 journalists, as well as a number of humanitarian actors, are languishing in captivity. In only a few cases do their colleagues or employers know where they are or who is determining their fate. In almost no cases have their captors made any effort to communicate. It is as if these unlucky men and women have simply disappeared. Covering wars is of course, a dangerous job; that's one of the things many war correspondents like about it. But Syria is dangerous in a way that is less thrilling than sickening. It is the apocalyptic mind-set of Islamic extremists that has, more than anything else, produced an existential threat to journalists -- though not only to them. Few Syrian journalists who have been kidnapped since August 2013 have been released. Adapted from the source document.

China's greatest catastrophe came during its 'Great Leap Forward' era, when at least 45 million people died of starvation over a period of four years. Virtually no photographic evidence of this period remains, as the Red Guards, Mao's armed revolutionaries probably destroyed much of it, but it's a good guess that photographs of the famines are still locked away in party vaults. Why does China still hide evidence of its own mass starvation? Adapted from the source document.

"A nonfiction picture book tracing the repercussions of what would happen if polar bears disappeared from our planet. The freezing ecosystem in the far north of the globe is home to many different kinds of animals. They can be strong like a walrus, tough like a lemming, and sometimes hard to see like the polar bear. Their habitat is melting at an alarming rate. As the Arctic ice melts, polar bears are threatened with extinction, which could affect their environment in negative ways. Lily Williams explores how such a loss would affect other environments and animals across the Arctic and the negative impact across the planet."--

We publish below a list of writers and journalists abducted by the security forces and numbered among the 'disappeared' in Argentina since 24 March 1976, the date of the military coup that installed General Jorge Rafael Videla in power. Two eye-witness accounts illustrate the way in which such abductions usually take place. Finally, Robert Cox, editor-in-exile of the daily newspaper Buenos Aires Herald, describes how independent-minded journalists and the families of los desaparecidos ( 'the disappeared') have been affected. The material is introduced by Index on Censorship's researcher on Latin America, Malcolm Coad.

Extracts from the testimonies of victims of Argentina's years of terror, when close on 9,000 people are known to have 'disappeared'

Cover -- Lovecidal -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Somewhere in the Process -- Blind Energy -- how to write an ending? -- Liquid Denouement -- Enhanced Security: "He Won" -- Exiting: "The Dark Night Policy" -- specter of vietnam -- The Smell of Victory -- Screen Replay -- twilight walk -- the matter of war -- The Oil Stain -- Deep in the Red -- "When Will They Be Ready, Really?" -- Small Cell, Large Cell -- between victor and victor -- The Strength to Lift a Hair -- Twin Victories -- A Legacy of Inflation -- she, the wayfarer -- Walking with the Disappeared -- Circle of Love: Pink, White, and Black -- thriving on a D-stroll -- A Hole in the Heart -- Virtual Monument Censored -- Miles of Strangeness -- Light Weight -- the mole's empire -- The Other Victory -- Power of the Unseen -- feeling the way out -- The Crawl to Peace -- When the General Cries -- Washington's Visual Scar -- the world is watching -- Lotus in Tears -- "I Am the Reality" -- In the Night of Becoming -- Small Acts on the Roof of the World -- walk for rain -- the new rebels -- The Blank Page -- "Sensitive Cases" -- displaced, dispossessed, disappeared -- The Great Uprooting -- Sea of Immigrants -- Rising from Mud and Muck -- interval of resistance -- The Empty Chair -- The Image under Erasure -- Lotus Bomb(ed) -- the screensaver's light -- The Ultimate Protest -- True Person of No Rank -- A Bridge, a Boat, a Spark of Plenty -- this sky, which is not blue -- Notes -- Index.