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Forced Evictions In Africa Series | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog

vero — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:12:25 +0100

Approximately 85% of Angolans live in slum conditions surrounding major cities.

Source: Forced Evictions In Africa Series | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog

Burma blogger jailed for 20 years

damianrafferty — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:12:08 +0000

A Burmese blogger has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for posting a cartoon of the military leader Than Shwe.

Source: Burma blogger jailed for 20 years

British voters 'turned off' by media hype and cynical blogs

Niluccio — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:28 +0000

Corrosive cynicism, fuelled by politically nihilistic blogs and a retreat from dispassionate reporting, is endangering British political discourse, Hazel Blears, the communities secretary, will tell a Hansard Society conference today on growing political disengagement in Britain.

Source: British voters 'turned off' by media hype and cynical blogs

In praise of ... Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin

Niluccio — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:23:43 +0100

If jailing bloggers has become the latest way repressive regimes cope with the blogosphere, Malaysia has taken this trend one step further this week. They served their highest-profile anti-government blogger, Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, with a two-year detention order, removing him from the oversight of the courts. It is no small source of shame that the law they are using to detain him without charge is a legacy of British colonial rule against the communist insurgency.

Source: In praise of ... Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin