14 February 2008

Stories from 14 February 2008

Zimbabwe: Valentine's Day Protest

  14 February 2008

Kubatana blog has a post about Valentine's Day Protest in Zimbabwe: “The power of love will overcome the love of power, claims Zimbabwean activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). In what has become an annual event, an estimated 800 members of WOZA members (and their male counterparts in MOZA)...

Trinidad & Tobago: Commonweath Writers

  14 February 2008

As the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize shortlists are announced, Antilles writes: “I'm sure some…will share my disappointment that more Caribbean writers were not shortlisted for the only major writing prize most are eligible for.”

Iran:”Revolution just an illusion

  14 February 2008

Haminjori writes [Fa] when Islamic Revolution happened in 1979 in Iran,he was just four months old. The blogger says when he was a kid he thought that Iran's new political system has brought heaven on earth or something close to that for Iranians. The blogger adds now he knows that...

Iran:Journalist sentenced to death

  14 February 2008

Yaghoob Mehrnahad,a journalist from Sistan and Baluchestan province was accused of being involved with terrorist groups and was sentenced to death by a court.Several bloggers including Gorgomishskysay[Fa] that this journalist was just a civil society activist.You can see his photo here.

Japan: Bloggers study group

  14 February 2008

Blogger shinyai [ja] (Keiwa College Associate Professor Ichinohe Shinya) writes about an upcoming bloggers study group [ja] organized by the Agile Media Network (AMN), which will take place on February 22 from 7pm at the Pasonatech seminar room [ja] in Shibuya, Tokyo (Japan). For more details see the original announcement...

Central Asia: Which Candidate is Good for the Region?

  14 February 2008

KZBlog ponders on which candidate for the post of the United States president may be better for the development of Central Asia and says that John McCain co-sponsored Freedom Support Act, Barak Obama is widely believed to be more of an internationalist and perceived to have sympathy for Muslim countries.

Iran:Parvin Ardalan Receives 2007 Olof Palme Prize

  14 February 2008

According to Change4equality,Parvin Ardalan, one of the founding members of the One Million Signatures Campaign, and a longtime women’s rights activist in Iran has been awarded, the Olof Palme Prize for 2007, in honor of her achievements and activism designed to achieve equal rights for women. Kosoof has published one...

Iran:Jailed students and empty chairs

  14 February 2008

Ghommar says [Fa] we should be worry about several jailed students in Iran rather than barred candidates from parliament election.He considers life of students and their right to study is more important than empty chairs in parliament.

Iran:No beautiful faces please

  14 February 2008

Kamangir writes when Iranian Fars News wanted to publish pictures from a meeting in a film festival in Tehran, they had no othere choice than to focus on the name-tags and blur out the ladies.You can see several photos here.We should say that Fars News in another photo collection did...

Myanmar: Ban Ki-Moon Must Go To Burma

  14 February 2008

Keith commenting on a post about Myanmar's government's ignoring of the UN writes “Ban Ki Moon must go to Burma. If Kofi Annan can go to Kenya and tries to resolve the conflict there, Ban must go to Burma. As a fellow Asian, Ban must show compassion to the Burmese...

Japan: Okinawa Outrage

  14 February 2008

Japan Observer follows up the incident of the raping of 14 years old girl by U.S marine and explains its political implications on U.S presence in Japan.