Stories about Humanitarian Response from April, 2007
Morocco: Mistaken Identity
PeaceCorp blogger 32n5w describes being mistaken for a Somali in Morocco.
Russia, France: “Marcho Dorilya” (sic)
Some Chechen opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov are also opposed to a French “mobile festival of artists, performers, jugglers, musicians and others that is scheduled to travel from Paris to the Chechen capital Grozny during the months of April and May.” To learn why, read this post at A Step At...
Former Soviet Union: Blogging “Frozen Conflicts”
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow thought it'd be a good idea to start a blog on “the so-called ‘frozen conflicts'”: “I could even just use this blog – ‘Scraps of Moscow’ would in some ways be a perfect name for a blog about these territories, what with their close ties...
Tunisia: Dailymotion Censored April 1st
Tunisian blogger Astrubal writes[Fr]: “Tunisian blogs and sites have been censored, then those of civil society, then those of LEGITIMATE political parties, now the stupidity of Ben Ali's regime is attacking Dailymotion, one rare remaining space of freedom for Tunisians… Yesterday (April 1st), the Ben Ali dictatorship decided to behead...
Colombia: Protesting Hunger
Voices are starting to rise up against malnutrition in Colombia. First Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez writes “we should not be surprised” after news leaked out about the the dozens of starving children who died in Western Chocó department. Adam Isacson describes a protest against hunger in the Colombian...
China: Persecuting economic crimes
Capitalism is now officially approved at the Party level, but with otherwise law-abiding small-scale sidewalk sellers nation-wide operating in constant fear and in conflict with (photos) the chengguan (more photos), the urban management forces found in every city, has this ideological thaw trickled down to the streets? Not yet, says...
Touring Libyan Blogs : Chaperones Redux, Successful Women, Mother's Day and More
Libyan blogs teemed with discussions during the last couple of weeks. We are glad to know that the Chaperone for Libyan women law I mentioned two weeks ago has been scraped, possibly following voices of outrage from courageous women. Here is an update from Highlander: “Yes the General People's Committee...
