13 April 2010

Stories from 13 April 2010

Pakistan: Karachi Literary Festival

Raza Rumi at Jahane Rumi comments on the Karachi Literary Festival: “It is heartening to see how events such as this can take place, and the hope they can instill,...

13 April 2010

Nepal Scraps MRP Print Deal with India

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal reports that on public protest the Nepali cabinet has canceled the arbitrary MRP (Machine Readable Passport) print deal with India and decided to...

13 April 2010

Trinidad & Tobago: LGBT Rights

“Thousands of GLBT voters will be participating in the upcoming general election”: Trinidad and Tobago's gspottt wants “a responsible government that is going to protect and take care of all...

13 April 2010

Cuba: Hunger Strike Victory

Cuban political prisoner Dr. Darsi Ferrer has ended his hunger strike “after officials said they would meet his demands”, which Uncommon Sense says is “good news for freedom in Cuba”...

13 April 2010

Sudan: SuDEMOP concerned about elections

A press release from the Sudan Domestic Election Monitoring and Observation Programme (SuDEMOP): “…we are expressly concerned about the myriad logistical, procedural and administrative constrains that caused serious delays in...

13 April 2010

Saudi Arabia: Poverty and Suicide

Saudi blogger Trad Alasmari (Ar) writes about suicide in Saudi Arabia (Warning: post contains picture of graphic nature). He claims that poverty could be to blame for its higher levels.

13 April 2010