Stories about Law from August, 2006
China: Who could that be knocking on my door?
Links and headlines from two BBC Chinese stories found at the end of a post [zh] today from Blogbus blogger Boy70: The first mentions a China Eastern pilot who after flying from Shanghai to Los Angeles applied for asylum as a Falun Gong practitoner, and the second tells the story...
Jamaica: Terrorists or lost boys?
Watching the a newscast about the foiled bomb plot and the relative youth of the plotters, Jamaican writer Marlon James asks: “could it be that the one thing we all have in common is that we are screwing up our boys?”
Russia: Army Cruelty
Yuri Mamchur of Russia Blog writes about another case of cruelty in the Russian army.
Barbados: Airport chaos
Barbados Free Press posts a brief report on the “airport chaos” in Barbados after yesterday's foiled bomb plot in the UK.
Bermuda: Gang activity
Edward Rance analyses the rise of gang activity in Bermuda and suggests some solutions.
Trinidad & Tobago, UK: Views on the bomb plot
Trinidadian bloggers Jeremy Taylor and Seldo offer their two cents’ on today's thwarted airport bomb plot in England.
Russia: Hermitage Thefts
Sean's Russia Blog reports on the theft of 221 exhibits from the Hermitage.
Russia: Competing for Airbus Crash Victims
Yuri Mamchur of Russia Blog writes about the competition between U.S. and U.K. law firms to represent those who suffered in the Airbus A-310 crash in Irkutsk in July.
Guyana: Eight killed by gunmen
Living Guyana posts five short entries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) linking to and commenting stories about the brutal slaying of eight people, including four journalists, by gunmen in Guyana yesterday evening. The journalists were killed in the newsroom of the Kaieteur News. Guyana has a general election scheduled for...
Argentina: Officers Tried in Italy
Why will five Argentinian navy officers be tried in absentia in Italy? Jeff Barry explains.
Argentina: Spanish Subtitles for Lessig Video
Fernando Casale worked “like an ant” to add Spanish subtitles to a video of Lawrence Lessig from a presentation he gave at an event held last year in Buenos Aires.
Kyrgyzstan: Death Penalty
Yulia of neweurasia translates a Russian language post on the debate over the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan.
The Balkans: Karadzic Associate Arrested
Balkan Ghost of Finding Karadzic writes about the arrest of “Karadzic main moneyman and protector” and examines “a couple important points in the Karadzic hunt.”
Poland: Helena Wolinska
The beatroot writes about the UK's refusal to extradite Helena Wolinska, a 79-year-old Stalinist prosecutor, to Poland.
The week that was in Bahrain
After almost a month of continuous bombing, most of Bahrain's bloggers have strayed away from covering Lebanon and Palestine and turned their attention to home affairs – except for Sabbah, who continues to provide blanket coverage of the atrocities being committed against Arabs in the occupied territories. He even posts...
Ukraine: Is Orange Revolution Dead?
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes explains why president Yushchenko has become irrelevant and how freedom of the press and freedom of business are nothing but illusion now: “So is the Orange Revolution dead? It's a funny thing that now people are down to saying that it isn't dead because...
Pakistan: ‘vulgar’ dances banned
Raza in Metroblogging Lahore reports that the Panjub district government has banned popular stage actress Nargis for performing 'vulgar dances' and bawdy dialogues. She faces imprisonment or fine or both under provisions of the century old Dramatic Performance Act 1876 if she ignores the ban.
Jamaica: Unequal treatment
Gela watches two reports on Jamaican television about incidents involving members of the so-called underclass, and notes that in neither case was there any mention of the situation being investigated by the police: “I can't stand the disparity in how people are treated man“.
Reunion: 20% of Drivers Without License?
Pierrot Dupuy writes (Fr): “Close to 20% of Reunion drivers probably do not have a driver's license, according to [France's] national council of professional drivers’ driving school division. If this number is correct, it is alarming to say the least. Especially in case of an accident, when even if the...
Russia: More on Sychyov Case
Sean's Russia Blog writes that “the more information that comes out about the Sychyov Case, the more disgusting it becomes.”
Russia: Yukos’ Real Value
Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert examines Yukos’ real value: “So Yukos is valued anywhere between $17.7bn and $35bn, depending on whom you believe. Yukos’ debts stand at $18.26bn, meaning that the company is only technically insolvent if the lowest figure is taken as correct. Unsurprisingly, this figure...