3 March 2012

Stories from 3 March 2012

Pakistan: Shia Genocide – Spreading From Karachi to Kohistan

The changing political course in Pakistan post-Osama Bin Laden denotes a new wave of terrorism unleashed on religious minorities, especially the Shiites. In the past year many Shiites spanning from Karachi to Kohistan have been specifically targeted and killed, which some analysts are terming as genocide.

3 March 2012

Iran: Election cartoon

Nikahang, a blogger and leading cartoonist, has published a cartoon on former Iranian president,who reportedly voted in parliamentary elections.

3 March 2012

Russia: Pre-Election Summaries

RuNet Echo

At OpenDemocracy.net, LJ user drugoi (Rustem Adagamov) “outlines how his trust in the outgoing president vanished and sums up the mood in Russia’s capital just days ahead of the country’s...

3 March 2012