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27 October 2005

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Stories from 27 October 2005

Burundi: Agathon Rwasa

Agathon Rwasa - the blog set up to highlight the atrocities committed by Burundi rebel group, the FNL and to ensure their leader Agathon Rwasa is brought to justice –...

Written by Sokari Ekine
27 October 2005

Hong Kong: BitTorrent Conviction

Chan Nai-Ming has the dubious distinction of being the first person convicted in Hong Kong for seeding films for BitTorrent P2P file-sharing. Chatter Garden has thoughts here and here.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
27 October 2005

Philippines: Political Ads

Manila streetwalker Carlos Celdran is stopped short by a set of billboards on a corner — all depicting heirs of famous political families using sex to hawk consumer goods.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
27 October 2005

South Korea: Historical Amnesia

At The Marmot's Hole, a lively discussion centering around U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's comment that South Korea's move further away from U.S. interests reflects a “historical amnesia.”

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
27 October 2005

Kiswahili Bloggers this week

Tanzanian Kiswahili bloggers continue to write about the presidential and parliamentary elections taking at the end of the month. Mwandani comes across an open letter of advice addressed to the...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
27 October 2005

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

This week, Abu Hamad has a question to his Saudi readers: “what would you do if Bush and his “junta” decided to invade Saudi?” He thinks that with current state...

Written by Ahmed Al-Omran
27 October 2005

Poland: Hot Water with the EU

the beatroot says that Poland's new president's stance on the death penalty and gay rights is causing problems for Poland with the EU.

Written by Nathan Hamm
27 October 2005

Kyrgyzstan: Saratan

Ben Paarman reviews Saratan, a new Kyrgyz-German film, and reflects on the state of Kyrgyzstan after 14 years of independence.

Written by Nathan Hamm
27 October 2005
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