August 14th, 2008
Less than an hour ago, prominent Chinese citizen blogger was visited at home by authorities and driven off. Fortunately, he had Twitter on hand and was able to get the word out as he was being detained. 23 comments · »»
On 7 August, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the President of the Maldives, and Asia's longest serving ruler, ratified the amended constitution of the country. It culminated a process of constitutional amendment that lasted four years. One controversial amendment would prevent non-Muslims from becoming citizens of the Maldives, curtailing freedom of religion in the country. 0 comments · »»
August 13th, 2008
August 12th, 2008
On June 6, a couple of months prior to the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to officially recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people. Immediately following the passage of the resolution, a government panel held its first meeting to start working on ... 0 comments · »»
August 10th, 2008
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August 20th, 2008
A post from sw at the OpenNet Initiative blog looks at results of tests carried out during the first week of the Olympics and finds that while in fact not many websites have been unblocked for the Games, those that are can now be accessed all throughout Beijing and possibly even the country.
Via TorrentFreak, on the IOC's takedown notice sent not to p2p network The Pirate Bay which was hosting torrents of Olympics footage, but Sweden's Minister of Justice: “We were going to ignore the Olympics, but now we’re loading our cannons. Our weapons of mass distribution are pointed towards China.”
August 19th, 2008
Recently Bhutan government has proposed reduction of maternity leave from 3 months to 45 days only in a draft revision of the labor act. Tshokey in Kuzu Bhutan weblog builds a case against the reduction stating why the leave is important for the newborn and the mother and what the international norms are.
August 18th, 2008
LJ user aillarionov - Andrei Illarionov, former economic policy adviser to Vladimir Putin - has posted a detailed “Timeline of Events in the Russians Invasion & Occupation of Georgia” (Aug. 1 - 16, 2008), sent to him by Gia Jandieri, vice president of the New Economic School - Georgia. Illarionov writes in the intro note (RUS) to the English-language chronicle: “Gia Jandieri […] is a profound thinker and a very decent person. Since the war began, he's been taking notes on what's going on. He has sent some of them to me. The official Russian version is well-known. It's useful to learn a different point of view.”
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Ethiopia: Singer Teddy Afro still in jail
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China: Citizen reporter Zuola carted off
Wed, Aug 20, 5:24
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Georgia, Russia: "What's Next?"
Wed, Aug 20, 0:25
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