Stories from 24 December 2006
Iran: Interview with Omid Memarian, Blogger and Human Rights Activist
Omid Memarian is a journalist and blogger, well known in Iran for his news analysis, regular columns and blogs in English and Persian. In October 2004 Omid was arrested, along with two dozen other bloggers and journalists, and detained for two months. And in 2005 “Human Rights Watch” honored Omid...
A New Shuffle to the Mix- A More Personal Account of the 2006 Global Voices Summit
Hello Dear Readers, I have been charged with giving an account of the 2006 Global Voices Summit in New Delhi that took place last week. If you would like to read the transcripts, please see the conference blog, and of course, there have been various summaries posted on this site...
Haiti, Dominican Republic: Slaves in Paradise
Says Collectif Haiti de Provence (Fr):”For International Anti-Slavery Day, May 10, 2007, Pour Que L'esprit Vive Association is organizing a series of activities to denounce living conditions in [Dominican] bateys: photo exhibits, roundtables with Haitian and Dominican intervenors, films. The event will be titled ‘Slaves in Paradise’.”
Cambodia: Video Footage from 1960s Cambodia
Phenomenon highlights couple of youtube videos of 1960s Cambodia. “if you’ve never been to Cambodia, it’ll look like a cheesy 60s Disney documentary but if you’ve been to these places, you’ll probably want to cry.”