Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Human Rights from January 2012

Human Rights · January, 2012
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Stories about Human Rights from January, 2012

31 January 2012

Cuba: Human Rights Double Standard

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Russia, Syria: Anti- and Pro-Assad Facebook Comment Attack

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

30 January 2012

In a recent live Pakistani television show, a group of middle aged women were seen scouring the parks of Karachi to hold accountable the couples dating without their guardians' knowledge....

Cuba: Pope's Visit & Human Rights

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Abuse of Trust

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Iran: Asylum seeker committed suicide

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Cuba: No Political Reforms

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

29 January 2012

Malaysia: Temiar Blockade and Indigenous Rights

Written by Cindi Loo · East Asia

Eight indigenous peoples were arrested in Malaysia for attempting to set up a blockade and prevent loggers from entering their village. The villagers are against the agricultural project of the...

India, Bangladesh: Cattle Trade And Border Killings

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

UK: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London

Written by Nigar Hacizade · Middle East & North Africa

A group of Kurdish Internet activists that have been organizing around the #TwitterKurds hashtag on Twitter have come together for the first Kurdish Social Media Gathering earlier this month in...

Saudi Arabia: A Family Living in a Cemetery

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

A Saudi family has been saved from homelessness and destitution thanks to a three-minute movie shot by young Saudi film maker Bader AlHomoud. Haifa Al Rasheed tells us how in...