Stories from 7 April 2009
Pakistan: Chief Justice Criticizes The Handling Of The Taliban Flogging Case
Baithak reports that Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan criticized the handling of the Taliban flogging case. According to the blogger, he has “assailed the officials for laziness and self-importance, and challenged them for not taking up the case until it became a national scandal in recent days”.
Thailand: Statistics on southern violence
The ongoing conflict in the deep south of Thailand has claimed over 3,000 lives since it began in 2004. Bangkok Pundit has analysed some statistics of the number of deaths and injuries and the types of incidents. See part 1 and part 2.
Egypt: Activist Ahmed Ala'a Arrested
Mo Eltaher's Blog from Egypt (Ar) reports that activist Ahmed Ala'a has been arrested in Egypt for participating in the April 6 Day of Anger. The blogger posts his photograph but no information about his charges.
Zimbabwe: Hunting elephants in the national parks
A report has just been released by the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force about hunting being carried out in Zimbabwe’s National Parks by an American company called ‘Cape To Cairo Safari’.
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Rhetoric
Is the unity government in Zimbabwe a success?, “Some media reports state that the unity government has been successful so far. Morgan Tsvangirai thinks so too.”
Rwanda: Life after genocide
katch up discusses economic and socio-political situation in Rwanda after genocide: “Polically Kigali is stable. The leadership of President Kagame has managed to stay focused on its vision of uniting the people inspite of their long history of intentionaly fueled ethnic hatred.”
Ghana: Ghana from various angles
“Ghana from various angles” is a photo-essay by Peacenik Hurler, a volunteer working and blogging from Ghana.
Moldova: “Chisinau Burning”?
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow reviews recent blog, Twitter and media coverage of the situation in Moldova.
Ethiopia: Book prompts campus protest
“Hundreds of Addis Ababa University’s Oromo students protested against the sale of a book which they said was a “distorted” history of the Oromos at the book fair being held at Sidist Kilo campus,” writes Ethiopia blogger, Arefe.
South Africa: The Best Green Blog is…
Urban Sprout! The recently concluded SA Blog Awards featured a category for Best Green Blog, which Urbansprout clinched this year. The blog celebrates the news and gives kudos to another longtime Green Blogger – Rory Williams of Carbon Smart. Rory Celebrates 5 years of writing about various energy and environmental...
Liberia: Corruption leads to cabinet changes
Nathaniel blogs about corruption in Liberia, “With mounting pressures from various quarters of the Liberian civil society to have some public officials of the Liberian government sacked due to corruptions and coupled with complete frustrations and disappointments from the Liberian leader, the government has effected some major changes in its...
Egypt: April 6 – A Day of Anger
On the first anniversary of the April 6 strike, Egyptians failed to carry out a similar national strike. Months before the day, voices were getting louder asking people of all walks of life to take part in a new national strike to protest against the low economic status, and to demand a democratic reform in the "Day of Anger,” reports Eman AbdElRahman.
Zimbabwe: The truth from the Deputy Prime Minister
Eusebia discusses the recent speech by the Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Minister, “The speech was so full of truth that it made me realise that at least we have one man in the coalition government who has the intelligence to objectively evaluate perfomance of the coalition government and point out exactly...
Iran: Cold Spring in Photos
Kosoof, a leading photo blogger based in Iran, has published several photos of unusual cold spring in Tehran.
Bangladesh: Feat Of A Photoblogger
Bangladeshi Photoblogger Shabhanaz Rashid Diya is delighted to inform that one of her photos has been shortlisted in the Sony Cannes World Photography Awards 2009 Contest and will be on display at the winner’s exhibition in Cannes.
Iran: Bloggers write an open letter to the Leader
Salam Demokrat, an Iranian blogger, reports [fa] that several Iranian bloggers wrote an open letter to the Iranian Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, to protest the death of Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian jailed blogger.
Iran: Jailed blogger was nominated for a freedom of expression award
Hossein Derakhshan, a jailed Iranian blogger, is among nominees for a freedom of expression award: The Economist New Media Award. Read more here.
India: Joining the ranks of shoe-throwing nations
First it was George Bush, then the Chinese Premier and now today it was the turn of the Indian Home Minister to be the target of a shoe-missile. Priya Ramani at livemint Blogs talks about the politics of shoe-throwing.
Moldova: Twitter Updates
Twitter updates on the situation in Moldova (via Tweetscoop): #Moldova, #Chisinau, #pman. According to Mihai Moscovici, the latter “is the acronym for Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, name of the central square in Chisinau, Moldova.”
Japan: Rocket Launched
Tobias Harris has been writing about Japan media and government's reaction in Observing Japan. His latest post is about Japanese government next move in UN Security Council.
South Korea: Protesting NK Missile Launch
Todd from Ohmynews! has written a photo report on a protest on April 5 against North Korea Missile launch.
