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12 hours ago
The Hong Kong government has issued a consultation paper on the “Review of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance” last Friday (Oct 3). The first round of consultation will be lasted until end of …
Tagged: politics, human rights, technology, english, law, weblog, media, freedom of speech, china, children, chinese, youth, protest, governance, east asia, cyber activism, internet and 038 telecoms, hong kong china
Sep 29, 2008
Azar Balkhi reports that following the language dispute in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, in which students of the local university entered into a clash with the police, the protesters went on a hunger strike.
Tagged: afghanistan, english, language, roundups, youth, protest, central asia and 038 caucasus
Sep 23, 2008
Natalia Antonova links to her piece on GlobalComment about “MTV Ukraine and the normalization of domestic violence.” LJ user maryxmas has translated Antonova's text into Ukrainian; a Russian translation is posted in …
Tagged: human rights, law, media, ukraine, roundups, protest, gender, cyber activism, eastern and 038 central europe
Sep 23, 2008
Sunday Posts discusses the politics behind resisting the establishment of Tata Motor's factory in Singur and the State Government's failure to resolve the problem. The blog also discusses the impacts it will have on …
Tagged: politics, south asia, business, english, india, roundups, protest, governance
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Japan: Nike buys out name of public parkSep 15, 2008 Nike Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of sportswear multinational Nike, will turn a public park in central Tokyo (Shibuya Ward), Miyashita Park [宮下公園], into what they call “Nike Park” [ja]. The naming rights have already … Tagged: sport, english, japan, weblog, environment, japanese, protest, east asia, refugees |