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3 January 2012

Georgia: Return of the Meskhetian Turks

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

Over 100,000 Muslims were deported from the Meskheti region of Georgia by Joseph Stalin in 1944. Now, more than 60 years later, some are slowly starting to return as part of the country's obligations to the Council of Europe.

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27 December 2011

A Radical Solution For Global Poverty: Open Borders

Written by Lova · Translated by Andreea Ungureanu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Various experts say that extreme poverty isn't inevitable. The most radical solution to drastically reducing global poverty would be, for many economic experts, opening the borders between countries and allowing workers to migrate where labor is most needed.

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23 December 2011

Philippines: State of National Calamity After Tropical Storm Sendong

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

A state of national calamity was declared by the Philippine president after tropical storm Sendong devastated many parts of north Mindanao Island. More than 1,000 people have already died in the flash floods and 1,000 are still missing. Here are some citizen media photos and reports of the flood impact.

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22 December 2011

Kuwait: Online Advocacy for the Stateless Bidoun

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa

Since hundreds of Kuwait's 100,000 strong Bidoun were attacked by police for protesting in support of others detained earlier in the year, a number of bloggers and international organizations have been stepping up their support for the stateless people in the hope of drawing attention to their plight.

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17 December 2011

Philippines: Storm Leaves Hundreds Dead and Missing

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Hundreds died in many parts of Mindanao Island in southern Philippines after tropical storm Sendong hit the country last Friday. The casualties could be worse and may even reach more than 600. It’s the worst flooding to hit the north part of Mindanao in many years. Netizens immediately used the web to report about the disaster and to call for support

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13 December 2011

Palestine: Mourning Mustafa Tamimi

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

For more than two years, protests have taken place in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh. This past Friday, activists experienced tragedy when demonstrator Mustafa Tamimi, 28, was killed by Israeli forces.

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Updates about Refugees

9 November 2011

North Korea

South Korean humanitarian aid group, Good Friends released the English translation of their news letter. It gives inside look into the North Korean food crisis and how impoverished North Korean will cope with the harsh winter season.

• Lee Yoo Eun

North Korea

Martyn Williams of the North Korea Tech blog wrote about the Nautilus Institute's new report on North Korea. According to the report, North Korea's mobile communications industry has grown so rapidly and widely that even the regime can no longer has absolute control over it.

• Lee Yoo Eun

24 October 2011

North Korea

Blogger Grant Montgomery left a commentary on Gaddafi's fall, correlating it with the future of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il.

• Lee Yoo Eun

29 September 2011

Pakistan

Teeth Maestro posts updates of some ongoing flood relief projects of SARelief in Pakistan. You can track the relief activities by following the hashtag #pkrelief on Twitter.

• Rezwan

5 September 2011

South Korea

Alex Tabarrok on Marginal Revolution blog wrote about how the dictatorship in North Korea has survived decades despite mass starvation and economic failure. The author, quoting parts from the book Nothing to Envy, commented that the North Korean iron curtain which has been much more impenetrable than that of Eastern Europe was the major contributing factor.

• Lee Yoo Eun

16 August 2011

Lebanon

Bissan writes (Ar) that because she believes in, among other things, the Palestinian Right to Return and that Palestine belongs to the Arab nation, she therefore opposes the upcoming visit of Mahmoud Abbas to Lebanon as well as the prospective Palestinian state intended to be voted upon at the UN.

• Moussa Bashir

10 August 2011

Cuba

As athlete Diana Nyad gives up her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Generation Y says: “Her laudable intention was to highlight the closeness between the Island and its neighbor to the north, to help reconcile both shores. But the Straits of Florida is also part of our national cemetery, the graveyard where lie thousands of our compatriots. The omission by the athlete of such an important characteristic did not appeal to me.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Comments on "Refugees"

Bhutan: Shangri-La or Ethnic Cleanser?

While i'm also one of the victim of 1990s.I agree with Sonam in some extant .like she said our people...

Giro, my understanding, and as mentioned in the piece, is that: “in order not to strain inter-ethnic relations, the Georgian...
It is true that the historical region of Meskheti is ethnically diverse, so yes, the general term 'Meskhetians' may be...
Happy holidays, Onnik, The concern of ethnic Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti regarding the resettlement or settlement of the Meskhetian(s) [Turks] is in...