Global Voices Online

Body on the Line marks the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners with this post.

Syrian opposition activist Kamal Labwani has been handed a 12-year jail sentence for “contacts with Washington,” reports …Or Does it Explode?

…Or Does it Explode? posts a video and an article about a Saudi basketball team for women called Jeddah United.

…Or Does it Explode writes about a new Kuwaiti law - which calls for deporting expatriate drivers who jump red lights at traffic junctions.

Public transport in Santa Cruz is a big problem, as noted by Professor Miriam Vidal. Bus fare has risen to 33% recently, and many schoolchildren are bypassed by drivers because they do not pay the full fare [es].

Blogian comments on what many consider to be the imminent and effective closure of a regional TV station broadcasting in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri. The station has been under pressure from the authorities since covering the activities of a former head of state and presidential candidate in the run-up to the disputed 19 February presidential election.

Carolyn & Jesse's Azerbaijan Peace Corps Blog posts an entry answering the most common questions received from readers ranging from inquiries about computer access to attitudes towards single and married women. Intriguingly, concerns about the availability of can openers in Azerbaijan also makes the list.

Kianda [pt] thinks that “the fact that someone was born in one country should not revoke their right to think, criticize, vote or even run for elections [in another country]… we are in the globalisation era, in a world with fewer and fewer boundaries and we should all have the right to participate in societies that we have chose to live for a year, 2, 3 or a lifetime.”

A camera which can see through clothes and is being used to counter terrorism? Zeid Nasser from Jordan has more in this post.