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Iran (27.07.2010 10:34h): Campaign to Free Jailed Photo-Blogger Hamed Saber
By Hamid Tehrani More than 70 Iranian university graduates and academics are calling [fa] for the release of Hamed Saber, an Iranian photo-blogger and computer scientist who was arrested for unknown reasons on 21 June 2010 in Tehran while walking in the street. A friend has informed us that it was the first time Hamed was arrested. The same source said several of Hamed's photos of the Iranian protest movement have been published in foreign magazines without his knowledge. Hamed is also the developer of “Access Flickr“, a Firefox internet browser extension that bypasses filters on the photo-sharing website Flickr ... [Link] [Cache]
Chile (27.07.2010 01:03h): Controversy Over Pardon Proposal by Catholic Church
By Claudio Ruiz · Translated by Silvia Viñas · View original post [es]As part of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Republic, the Chilean Catholic Church has announced a proposal [es] regarding the need to pardon certain people convicted of crimes on humanitarian grounds. In the words of bishop Goic, Nuestra petición no anula ni contradice el imperio de la Ley y la Justicia, sino que lo supone y lo exige. Es decir, velando por el imperio de la justicia -nada más injusto que la impunidad- y salvaguardando el pleno imperio de los derechos humanos en materia de crímenes ... [Link] [Cache]
Bhutan (26.07.2010 22:20h): Equality For Women
By Rezwan Cho at Writers Association Of Bhutan Blog advocates for equality for women in Bhutanese societies and comments: “sad to say but sexism in Bhutan starts from homes and parents yell at their daughters for not cooking a delicious meal till she finally perfects it.” [Link] [Cache]
Cambodia (26.07.2010 18:32h): The Official Launch of the First Online Human Rights Portal
By Sopheap Chak Sithi.org, a Cambodian human rights portal that aims to crowdsource and curate reports of human rights violations, officially launched on July 22, 2010 with participation from various institutions including embassies, international and local NGOs, media and university representatives. Over the past year, the site has developed rapidly. A number of reports of human rights violations, relevant legal instruments and publications have been made available on the site. This expansion of information has been accompanied by an increase in the number of visitors — from 8,000 to over 33,000 in the six months since the site was documented ... [Link] [Cache]
Serbia (26.07.2010 12:19h): A Journalist Is Attacked on a Public Bus
By Sinisa Boljanovic Teofil Pancic, a well-known journalist of the weekly magazine Vreme ”Time” , was beaten up on a public bus route #83 in Zemun, one of Belgrade’s municipalities, on Saturday, July 24. According to Vreme, Pancic was attacked by two men who beat him up with metal bars. He was admitted to a hospital where doctors treated him for injuries of his head and right arm. Fortunately, the injuries are not life-threatening. Vreme claims the attack had been planned: This is one more attack on Vreme’s journalists, from kidnapping of Dusan Reljic to the planting of bombs in ... [Link] [Cache]
India (26.07.2010 10:29h): Should Prostitution be legalized?
Russia (26.07.2010 04:14h): Interpreting the FSB-law
By Vilhelm Konnander A Good Treaty discusses the new Russian FSB-law, extending the powers of the country's security service. [Link] [Cache]
Brazil (25.07.2010 19:16h): Collaborative Website on Street Dwellers
By Debora Baldelli Maria Frô talks about the new website FalaRua [Street Talking], dedicated to the street dwellers of Brazil. The online community offers information about the Project for Training and Strengthening of Street Dwellers and invites everyone to participate through a quick registration. [all links in Portuguese] [Link] [Cache]
Sri Lanka (25.07.2010 18:03h): The Black July of 1983
By Rezwan D. B. S. Jeyaraj remembers the Black July of 1983 when anti-Tamil attacks were carried out by Sinhala mobs in different cities of Sri Lanka. [Link] [Cache]
India (25.07.2010 17:31h): A Future For Kolkata
By Rezwan Supriyo Chaudhuri has some ideas about a bright future for Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. [Link] [Cache]
Philippines (25.07.2010 14:57h): Oplan Bantay Laya and Counterinsurgency
By Karlo Mikhail Mongaya Kapirasong Kritika writes a book review of Oplan Bantay Laya: The US-Arroyo Campaign of Terror and Counterinsurgency in the Philippines. Oplan Bantay Laya is a counterinsurgency program alleged by critics and human rights groups as the blueprint behind more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations committed between 2001-2010 in the Philippines [Link] [Cache]
Azerbaijan (25.07.2010 13:26h): Youth activism and social media
By Onnik Krikorian Ali Resh uses online video tools to interview Baku-based Ruslan Asadov, along with now imprisoned video blogger Adnan Hajizade also a co-founder and member of the OL! Azerbaijani youth movement, live from Tbilisi, Georgia. Resh and Asadov speak about the use of new and social media in youth activism in Azerbaijan. [Link] [Cache]
Taiwan (25.07.2010 05:17h): Rice fields outside the Presidential Office
By I-fan Lin On July 18th, Taiwanese farmers turned the grand boulevard in front of the Presidential Office into rice fields to protest against the Land Expropriation Act. On June 9th, 20 excavators were sent to take over 28 hectares of rice field in Dapu Borough 大埔 , a farming village, to make way for the expansion of Jhunan Science Park. Similar land expropriation stories were heard in other counties. Some farmers and activists in Dapu pointed out that the land expropriation was illegal and filed an application with the Ministry of the Interior MOI to void permission for Miaoli ... [Link] [Cache]
France (24.07.2010 18:44h): Rioting in the Itinerant Community after Shooting Sparks Row
By Suzanne Lehn In French politics, summer somnolence is usually a favorable time to pass painful reforms - retirement pensions for instance - or drastic budget cuts. Unfortunately, summer doesn't make social problems go on a hiatus. On July 18th, riots shook the quiet town of Saint Aignan in the Loire valley and immediately revived law-and -order reactions while also highlighting the discriminatory practices towards the itinerant community - referred to as ”Gens du voyage” Traveler People in French. Across the river, by flickr user Bolt of Blue, CC licensed Riots broke out in the town of 3,400 people after ... [Link] [Cache]
Turkey (24.07.2010 12:08h): Armenians and Turks show Gay Pride
By Onnik Krikorian Despite a long history of animosity between Armenia and Turkey, Unzipped: Gay Armenia posts photographs of Armenians and Turks side by side at this year's Gay Pride rally in Istanbul. The blog says that the pictures are incredible. [Link] [Cache]
Pakistan (23.07.2010 21:36h): Girls Harassed on Cell Phones
By Rezwan Mohammad Yusha at Chowrangi talks about a new menace in Pakistan - girls are being harassed on cell phones and an website listed cellphone numbers of some girls to aid that. [Link] [Cache]
Egypt (23.07.2010 20:33h): Niqab ban in France stirs controversy
By Marwa Rakha In October 2009, the Niqab or face cover stirred a lot of controversy when the late Sheikh Mohammed Tantawi - head of Al Azhar and Egypt's Imam - asked a 13-year-old girl to uncover her face while he was inspecting an Azhar school in Cairo. He told her that the niqab is a tradition that has nothing to do with religion. Currently the lower house of the Spanish Parliament is debating a proposal to prohibit the wearing of body-covering burqas and face-covering niqabs in all public spaces in Spain, and the French parliament approved a ban on ... [Link] [Cache]
Haiti (23.07.2010 20:08h): How to Report
By Janine Mendes-Franco For foreign journalists wondering how to write about Haiti, Mediahacker has written a “handy guide”. [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (23.07.2010 16:46h): remembering Zapata Tamayo
By Nicholas Laughlin Uncommon Sense argues that the recent release of Cuban dissidents was triggered by the death of activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo in early 2010, after a hunger strike. “Events of the past five months, culminating with the release of the 20 prisoners and the promised release of others, have proven that Zapata's death was not in vain.” [Link] [Cache]
Taiwan (23.07.2010 13:54h): Foxconn and the shame of Taiwan
By Portnoy Zheng After 12 employees' jump of buildings and one more jump in Chimei Innolux Corporation-a subsidiary company of Foxconn-on July 20, Chairman Terry Tai-Ming Gou was criticized by Taiwanese scholars as “the shame of Taiwan”, so he threatens to halt all investment in Taiwan. Blogger and book writer Kue-hsien Liao argues that Taiwan does not really need to beg Terry Kuo to stay[zht] and it is time for Taiwanese to think if it is worthy to sacrifice lives and environment just for money. [Link] [Cache]
Russia (23.07.2010 10:30h): Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists
By Alexey Sidorenko From 20 to 40 young people in white masks attacked the camp of the defenders of the Khimki forest park [RUS], Igor Podgorny [RUS] and Novaya Gazeta [RUS] reported. The police intervention didn't help – instead several environmentalists and journalists were detained. [Link] [Cache]
Vietnam (23.07.2010 05:18h): U.S. and human rights
By Mong Palatino U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is in Hanoi this week for a regional meeting reminded Vietnam to address human rights issues. Reacting to this statement, Vietnam-based twitter user genericdude says, “I would like to see the US invite Vietnam to speak in the US and then have VN criticize them.” [Link] [Cache]
Costa Rica (23.07.2010 02:50h): Human Trafficking Awareness
By Juliana Rincón Parra The Rahab foundation in Costa Rica has put out a video warning people about potential job offers which may be too good to be true and put women as victims in human trafficking schemes. [Link] [Cache]
Rwanda (22.07.2010 16:21h): Tension Before The Presidential Election, Except for Kagame
By Gael Brassac On July 20th, the incumbent President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has officially launched his campaign for another term in office. The campaign will end on August 9th when the election results are scheduled be made official. Kagame is determined to win with a similar comfortable margin [fr] as in 2003 when he won his presidential bid with 95% of recorded votes. There are only three challengers running against the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s leader, two former ministers and one senator who supported him during the 2003 presidential elections: Jean-Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, for the Social Democratic Party, Prosper Higiro for ... [Link] [Cache]
South Korea (22.07.2010 13:35h): Halting Corporal Punishment In Schools Met With Opposition
By Lee Yoo Eun South Korean society is buzzing with the old issue of corporal punishment on student, as an elementary teacher smacking, beating and kicking his students got leaked into public. The corporal punishment, a widely discussed but practically ignored issue for decades in Korea, became the center of a controversy as the Seoul Education Office dismissed the teacher immediately and ordered a halt on physical punishment in every school. This is a video of Mr. Oh, an elementary school teacher in Seoul beating his students. The video was recorded by one of the students and later released to ... [Link] [Cache]
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