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Cuba (03.02.2012 22:50h): Protest Against Hunger Striker's Death
Pedazos de la Isla posts a video of dissidents protesting the death of political prisoner Wilman Villar Mendoza in a neighborhood of Guantanamo. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (03.02.2012 22:43h): Nineteenth “No”
“For the 19th time Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has been denied an exit visa in order to travel abroad”:Havana Times reports. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Trinidad &Tobago (03.02.2012 22:39h): Principal Charged with Child Cruelty
Trinidad and Tobago News Blog reports that the school principal accused of “placing the head of two students in a toilet bowl at her school and flushing it”has been charged;Plain Talk comments on “the depravity required”to commit such an act:“Flush it to make a point,to send a message,humble and humiliate at one time,and bring everything and everyone back into the order according to brute force…how can this little country take much more?”Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Kuwait (03.02.2012 17:13h): Parliamentary Election Marred by Violence
Today,3 February,2012,Kuwait will hold its parliamentary elections divided by five electoral districts,a system that was only passed in 2006 in response to blogger-led protests. At the beginning of December 2011,two year-long protests previous led to the replacement of Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed with his cousin Jaber Al-Mubarak and to the dissolution of the parliament for the fourth time since Al-Mohammed was first appointed. Since then,candidates have been working their ways towards reaching voters. Tribal rage Mohammed Al-Juwaihel,a candidate who tried his luck last elections but was removed for bribing voters,has always been ... [Link] [Cache]
Sri Lanka (03.02.2012 16:43h): Ravaya News Website Blocked
Freedom Of Expression In SriLanka reports that six websites including Ravaya News have recently been blocked within Sri Lanka. Written by Rezwan ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Brazil (03.02.2012 15:29h): Pinheirinho Videos ‘Cover-Up'Leads Activist to Hunger Strike
The violent eviction of thousands of poor residents from their homes on land owned by the bankrupt estate of Naji Nahas,on January 22,2012,is an event in Brazil that has become popularly known as the ‘Massacre of Pinheirinho‘. It was photographed and filmed from various perspectives:from the day before the eviction itself,to the moments of panic among the population while becoming victims of police brutality in the city of São José dos Campos in São Paulo state,to the interviews conducted after the completion of the evacuation,with the poor people in precarious shelters being harassed ... [Link] [Cache]
Pakistan (02.02.2012 21:08h): How To Save The Shias
Laibaah discusses why Shias are being killed in Pakistan and suggests how can they save themselves from the threats. Written by Rezwan ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (02.02.2012 20:43h): Monitoring the Resistance
Pedazos de La Isla links to a report which states that “428 arbitrary arrests of activists were documented”for the month of January alone,as well as a blog post which details “yet another method of repression”being used against government critics. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (02.02.2012 20:37h): Sad Songs
Two bits of sad news from Havana Times:the first about the death of a Nueva Trova pioneer,and the second about a domestic dispute that ended in murder. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (02.02.2012 20:24h): Another Building Collapses
“Another occupied building has collapsed in Havana,this time only partially and with no fatalities,but in the same district”:Havana Times reports. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Ethiopia (02.02.2012 17:27h): a Body of Legislative Acts Opposing Freedom of Speech
Reporters without Borders released a report on freedom of expression [fr] a report regarding the freedom of expression and the working conditions of Ethiopian journalists stating:“During the last three years the country has adopted a series of laws - on civil society,anti-terrorism etc. - against alleged breaches on the constitutional guaranteed rights of Ethiopia's people. It is partly this body of legislation that results in the contraction of democratic rights and degradation of freedom of speech.”Written by Abdoulaye Bah ·Translated by Dieyna Ba ·View original post [fr] ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·... [Link] [Cache]
Kazakhstan (02.02.2012 16:17h): Stability of the nation vital for the whole region
Nathan Hamm reviews testimonies at the U.S. Congressional hearing,staged by the US Helsinki Commission about Kazakhstan’s stability,questioning whether or not Kazakhstan is as stable as its government claims. Written by Adil Nurmakov ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Brazil (02.02.2012 05:43h): Homeless squatters await eviction in São Paulo city center
In the aftermath of the Pinheirinho eviction in São Paulo state,police will be evicting a homeless squatter settlement in a disused building in downtown São Paulo this morning. According to the Frente de Luta por Moradia,a social movement @LutaMoradia ,a court ruled the city must provide for ‘basic necessities'of the evicted. Written by Janet Gunter ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cambodia (02.02.2012 03:35h): Mass Fainting in Garment Factories
The Asia Floor Wage network is organizing Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers. The tribunal is scheduled on February 8,2012,in Phnom Penh:The garment industry in Cambodia represents 90% of all exports. However,despite its relative economic importance,workers receive only half of what is needed to safely support their families and the statutory minimum wage is currently the lowest in the Mekong region. One of the major issues which will be discussed is the poor working conditions in factories which resulted in fainting incidents in numerous workplaces:... [Link] [Cache]
Colombia (02.02.2012 03:14h): What is in a name?
The Born on December 31st documentary by Priscila Padilla exposes a human rights violation the Wayuu indigenous group have been under. Many of their national IDs,mass produced to get important votes in election periods,state they were all born on the same date and feature offensive made-up names;which they were unable to notice because Spanish is not their native language. Written by Juliana Rincón Parra ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cambodia (01.02.2012 23:51h): Number of Families Involved in Land Disputes
According to the Cambodian Center for Human Rights,there are 47,000 families which have been embroiled in 223 land disputes in Cambodia. Written by Mong Palatino ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Russia (01.02.2012 21:38h): Ulyanovsk Blogger Wins Libel Case Against Governor
Ulyanovsk-based blogger Oleg Sofyin LJ-user lis73 won a court case against Ulyanovsk governor Svetlana Openysheva,lenta.ru reports [ru]. Openysheva tried to sue Sofyin for publishing a post where he described a phone call during which someone named Azat threatened him if he will continue to post critical articles about Openysheva. Despite winning the case,blogger writes [ru] that people fear to support him because they're afraid of possible consequences. Written by Alexey Sidorenko ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Iran (01.02.2012 19:31h): Blogger under pressure to give TV confession
Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Malki is under pressure to give TV confession according to his mother. He is serving a 15 year prison sentence in Tehran. Written by Fred Petrossian ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (01.02.2012 18:58h): U.S. Citizen Held During Trip “Home”
Capitol Hill Cubans reports on an incident in which a “Cuban-American and family man is wrongly accused and detained”while on a visit to Cuba. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (01.02.2012 18:53h): What's on President Rousseff's Agenda?
Brazil's first female president is in Cuba on a visit intended “to strengthen bilateral ties especially in the economic and commercial spheres”,according to the Cuban press. Bloggers are very interested in her agenda. The Cuban Triangle,who trusts that the focus of the trip will remain economic,raises the issue of the Mariel port project and says of the possibility of Brazilian companies investing in ethanol production in Cuba:Let’s hope that’s the case. Brazilian investment in Cuban ethanol production would bring world-class technology and know-how to Cuba,generate jobs,enable Cuba to cut oil imports and foreign exchange ... [Link] [Cache]
Ethiopia (01.02.2012 16:13h): Freedom of Expression in Jeopardy
More than ten journalists have been imprisoned in Ethiopia since June 2011 and according to the Committee to Protect Journalists about 25% of exiled journalists in Africa are from Ethiopia,making the country the world's main enemy of the major driving forces of free expression:journalists,bloggers and political dissidents. Two of those in jail,Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson are Swedish journalists who have been labeled by Prime Minster Meles Zenawi as terror accomplices. They are serving 11 year sentences for “helping” and “promoting” the outlawed Ogaden National Liberation Front ONLF rebel group and entering the country illegally. Three ... [Link] [Cache]
Cuba (31.01.2012 14:28h): Human Rights Double Standard
Lilianne Ruíz,blogging at Translating Cuba,compares a television spot “that shows a series of watercolors of butterflies from one of the five officials of the Interior Ministry imprisoned in the United States…with the stories that are told of Cuban jails,especially for political prisoners who,ever since their detention,have been victims of socialist legality whose first act is to pretend to ignore human rights.”Written by Janine Mendes-Franco ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
Russia,Syria (31.01.2012 14:25h): Anti- and Pro-Assad Facebook Comment Attack
Facebook pages of some Russian media outlets e.g.,Afisha,Bolshoi Gorod,Esquire Russia,Channel 1,MTV Russia were deluged with copy-pasted comments [ru,ar] from users who appeared to be supporters of the Syrian opposition earlier today. An excerpt from a typical comment [ru,ar]:“Syria's regime is killing people with the Russian weapons. If it hadn't been for the Russian veto,the killing of the people in Syria would have been stopped a few months ago. […]”On President Medvedev's and PM Putin's Facebook pages there are comments [en,ru,ar] from both the opponents and supporters of the ... [Link] [Cache]
Macedonia (30.01.2012 23:24h): “Conformism,Hypocrisy and Opportunism”
Human rights activist,journalist and artist Xhabir M. Deralla candidly expressed his view on the role of the civic sector in contemporary Macedonia:“The choir of indolent subjects stands mute. As media get quieter,the stench of the decay prevails. The civil society forgets that media are civil society,too. Civil society seems to forget that they themselves are civil society… I see high walls being elevated between people. I look at my county and wonder. When did it become so difficult to see the obvious? When did ability to speak become a handicap?”Written by Filip Stojanovski ·comments ... [Link] [Cache]
Bangladesh (30.01.2012 22:29h): Protest Against Criminalization For Archiving A Banned Book
Hana at Unheard Voice highlights a petition by twenty human rights activists,academics and members of the Bangladeshi civil society in which they protest the arrest of a Head Teacher for having a copy of Taslima Nasreen’s ‘Lajja’ in the school’s library. Written by Rezwan ·comments 0 Share:Donate ·facebook ·twitter ·reddit ·StumbleUpon ·delicious ·Instapaper [Link] [Cache]
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