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April, 2009

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Malaysia: Humans as Commodities

In early 2009, Malaysia had the dubious privilege of being investigated by the US senate for the trafficking of humans. News reports stated that the migrants involved were mostly from Myanmar, but other foreigners were also allegedly taken by the government officials to the Malaysian-Thai border, where they were extorted...
Kazakhstan: Internet Regulation Amendments Adopted in First Reading

Yesterday the Kazakh Parliament's lower chamber has approved the first reading of the draft law on online regulation, which is meant to equate all websites (including blogs, social networks, chatrooms, forums and even online shops) with mass media. On the other hand of this law, the authorities will be granted...
UAE: Torture video sends shock waves around the world

Last week, a grainy video from 2005 made headlines, shaking up viewers around the globe. The video, first shown on U.S.-based ABC News, showed Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan - brother of UAE's crown prince torturing an Afghan grain farmer, attacking him with a cattle prod then literally pouring salt...

30 April 2009
Malaysia: Humans as Commodities

Written by Daniel Chandranayagam · East Asia
30 April 2009
Kazakhstan: Internet Regulation Amendments Adopted in First Reading

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus
29 April 2009
UAE: Torture video sends shock waves around the world

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Stories from April, 2009

30 April 2009

Russia: Teen Curfew; Police Officer's Shooting Spree

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

President Dmitry Medvedev approved changes to children's rights law, allowing regional authorities to bar unaccompanied minors under the age of 18 from public places from 10 PM to 6 AM....

As concerns over the Swine Flu outbreak continue to mount, Caribbean bloggers are educating themselves, just in case...

Cayman Islands: Same Old

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Liberians Are Talking, Are You Listening?

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

"Liberia's national image has been defined by parachute foreign correspondents for nearly its entire history, since it was first founded as an independent republic by freed Black slaves from the...

Azerbaijan: Last day of April

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Bangladesh: Value Achievements Not The Ancestry

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

India: Not On The Voter List

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bhutan: Flood Threat

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Sri Lanka: Living In Fear

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

India: The Maoists-Naxalites And The Threat To Democracy

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

China: The Beijing Consensus

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

Kuwait: Swine Flu Blues

Written by Amer Al-Hilal · Middle East & North Africa

While election related stories are dominating Kuwait's Arabic-language blogs, this week the Swine Flu seems to be the pet topic of the English-language blogosphere. Amer Al-Hilal has the story.