4 December 2007

Stories from 4 December 2007

Kazakhstan: OSCE Chairmanship Dubious

Steve LeVine opines that the OSCE has jeopardized its reputation as Europe's premier human rights watchdog by naming a country that has never run a free and fair election to...

4 December 2007

Barbados: Human Development

“Bajans are cock-a-hoop this week with the news that the Human Development Index puts Barbados in 1st place amongst developing countries,” writes Living in Barbados, who notes that there are...

4 December 2007

China: 10 Cases of Injustice

Liu Xiaoyuan gives an update in the development of 10 major legal cases of injustice[zh] as a result of wrong judgment in court in the past ten years. First post...

4 December 2007

Hong Kong: Democracy Activist?

Seven Pillars of Wisdom wonders why CNN titled Anson Chan as Democracy Activist while the more accurate title should be AP's Pro-democracy candidate [zh]. The blogger thinks the difference reflected...

4 December 2007

Afghanistan: Opium Season

Ian reviews briefly a new book “Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier” by Joel Hafvenstein, saying that the author knows how to write, and unlike many writers about...

4 December 2007

Peru: All About Alan García

Peruvian president Alan García is a favorite subject for bloggers to write about. The subjects include García's foray into the world of journalism and questions whether he actually writes the opinion pieces. In addition, other bloggers discuss the president's latest approval ratings and his proposal to change the trials law, which would benefit extraditated ex-president Alberto Fujimori.

4 December 2007