Sudan: what drives Khartoum?

Alex de Waal discusses the question, “What drives Khartoum?”

Iraq: 830 Assassinations Documented

“Over 830 assassinations have been documented, victims killed along with their families. Numbers includes: 380 university academics and doctors, 210 lawyers and judges, and 243 journalists/media workers” writes Ismail Jalili in an article posted by Iraqi blogger Imad Khadduri.

China: More on Slave workers

ESWN translated various local reports on Shanxi slave workers issue. They give more background on the morality of contemporary Chinese society.

Ukraine: Elton John and the Fake Philanthropists

Ukrainiana writes about Ukraine's horrifying AIDS statistics and the wrong crowd that Elton John has gotten himself into.

Ukraine: Elton John and Kids With AIDS

Michelle Knisley of Greetings from Kiev attended Elton John's AIDS awareness concert, along with approximately 200,000 other people. Before the concert, she happened to watch a TV clip about the orphanage she used to work at and recognized two girls with AIDS she once played with.

Egypt: Support Iraqis on World Refugee Day

Egypt-based Issandr El Amrani appeals to readers to do more to help Iraqi refugees, on the occasion of the World Refugee Day which falls on June 20.

Israel: Christian Gazans are in Danger

Israeli blogger Yael says Palestinian Christians living in Gaza are in danger – after repeated attacks by Islamic militants.

Iraq: What About Iraqi Civilians?

Iraq Pundit wonders where Iraqi civilians stand in US policy.

Palestine: Worsening Humanitarian Crisis

International Solidarity Movement reports on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, as well as an appeal to Israel not to “stand idly by at a time when the fundamental human rights of Gaza residents are being violated and the right to life is being threatened.”

Japan: Lawmakers’ Ad on Comfort Women

A group of Japanese lawmakers took out an ad in the Washing Post to present “the facts” about the comfort women that “no historical document has ever been found by historians or research organisations that positively demonstrates that women were forced against their will into prostitution by the Japanese army”....

China: Slave Labour

Bingfeng put together reports on the Shanxi slave labour scandal. Chong from interlocals translated an internet article on the power of internet to expose and rescue the forced labour.

Bangladesh: natural disaster and responsibilities of the bloggers

Last Monday rain-triggered mudslides buried dozens of hillside shanty homes in Chittagong killing at least 134 people. This is just another piece of tragic news that we read everyday. As a blogger how do you respond to it? Arild Klokkerhaug is an entrepreneur, blogger and the man behind the largest...

China: Where's the disaster relief blogging?

It's monsoon season in China, floods sweep through the south and hundreds of thousands are left homeless. Where's all the local blog coverage?

Malaysia: Meeting Mr Shariibuu, Father of the murdered Mongolian Fashion Model

Susan Loone is inviting Malaysian bloggers to meet the father of fashion model Altantuya who was murdered in Malaysia late last year. “He needs to know there are many many Malaysians who are kind and compassionate.”

China: Slavery

Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist summarized reports and discussions on the recent rescue of 31 slaves from a brickworks factory in Shanxi province last week. There is an estimated one thousand children still trapped in the mountains of Shanxi, working as slave in factories and mines. 400 Chinese fathers sent out...

G8 Summit: Is the world a better place yet?

The G8 (+5) met in Heiligendamm, Germany last week. The world's richest countries came to agreements on climate change and poverty in Africa that are unlikely to satisfy most critics of global capitalism. Global Voices has linked to comments from India, Russia, and Africa in the past week. And people...

China: Outside a hospital's doors

Lyn Jeffery from Virtual China translated a citizen report on the queue outside the door of Beijing Children Hospital because they want to save RMB20 cost of staying in the hospital at night.

Sudan: Eyes on Darfur

Eyes on Darfur via AfroSphere: “In June 2007, Amnesty International launched a human rights project and accompanying web site called Eyes On Darfur, which uses high resolution commercial satellite images of villages in the Darfur region. It features before and after satellite images of destroyed villages and villages at risk,...

Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

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Cambodia: Senior Khmer Rouge Member Dies

Andy Brouwer reports that another top-ranking member of the Khmer Rouge has escaped facing justice. “Fears that Ta Mok, known as ‘The Butcher,’ wouldn't live to see the tribunal to prosecute the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, have come to fruition with his death today in a military hospital in Phnom...

Sudan: Darfur conflict vs. Paris Hilton on Google

Thinker's Room defines insanity as Paris Hilton vs. Darfur conflict on Google: “That’s right. There is almost FIVE TIMES as much content about some nebulous nobody than one of the biggest tragedies every to befall this earth. We pay more attention to issues of nuisance value than serious catastrophes that...