Stories from 6 January 2007
Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide
Over the past four months, we've tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today's featured human rights video is something...
Barbados, Jamaica: Two ways of reporting
Barbados Free Press compares newspaper reports from a Jamaican and Barbadian newspaper of an incident in which a young Barbadian man allegedly stabbed a young Jamaican man to death during...
Guyana: Illegal World Cup mug
Ryan at the West Indies Cricket blog finds a photo on Flickr of a piece of illegal Cricket World Cup merchandise, a mug allegedly purchased in a craft store in...
Iran:Gas shortage in Iran
According to Dorane Emrouz, 11 provinces in Iran are facing gas shortage. The blogger says the Iranian government has no program and no plan to slove this problem.The blogger says...
Iran:Dr.Hesam Firouzi,a human right activist got jailed
Student committee of human rights reporters blog reports Dr.Hesam Firouzi, human rights activist is jailed.He, as a doctor used to take care of several political prisoners such as Ahmad Batebi,...
Myanmar: Monarchy and the New Capital City
In a single post, Burmese blogger Aung Kyaw looks at the idea of re-introducing monarchy in Myanamar, the meaning of the name of the new capital city Naypyidaw (the military...
Fiji: Stopping Coups
David Farar has an idea to stop the reoccurrence of coups in Fiji. “Maybe when Fiji finally gets a legal Government again, they could give Bainimarama the Saddam treatment –...
The Ghost of Saddam Hussain
Brazillian cartoonist Latuff's take on the repercussions of the execution. Everyone .. and .. their .. auntie seems to have produced their own Iraqi blogger reviews rounding up reactions to...
