Confusion and anger as judge orders indefinite postponement in blasphemy trial of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh. By Jean MacKenzie in Kabul (ARR No. 291, 02-Jun-08) The mood was almost festive at the start of the latest appeal hearing in the case of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, who has spent over seven months in prison facing execution […]
Afghan Journalist Imprisoned Indefinitely
By Jean MacKenzie in Kabul (ARR No. 291, 02-Jun-08) Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh in court, June 1, 2008. The mood was almost festive at the start of the latest appeal hearing in the case of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, who has spent over seven months in prison facing execution on a charge of defaming Islam and the […]
A Little Led Zeppelin Story
By now, we all know that the news continues to be saturated with talk of the latest Barry Hussein Obama meltdown–the ABC debate in Philadelphia at which, when questioned by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous about his proposed tax-and-spend policies, he became what many would call deeply indignant and what others would call quietly outraged […]
D.R. of Congo: Fifth Fatal Crash in Under a Year, Food Prices the Real Disaster
by Jennifer Brea News agencies are reporting that 75 were killed when a cargo plane crashed in Goma shortly after takeoff on Tuesday. An overloaded cabin may have been the cause. It’s the fifth fatal plane crash since June 2007. Last October, Du Cabiau à Kinshasa, responding to a plane crash in a poor district […]
China: Carrefour Under Boycott Threat
by Bob Chen Carrefour has been rolled into a campaign mixed up with both boycott and anti-boycott. Recently, a widely circulated message writes 我们希望您至少在5月1日这一天抵制家ä¹ç¦ï¼Œè®©5月1日家ä¹ç¦ç©ºè¡è¡çš„å–场å‘è¥¿æ–¹ä¼ è¾¾ä¸€ä¸ªä¿¡æ¯ï¼šä¸å›½ ä¸å¯è¾±ï¼ä¸å›½äººæ°‘ä¸å¯æ¬ºï¼ 抵制家ä¹ç¦çš„活动将在全国å„地展开,期待您的å‚与ï¼è°¢è°¢æ‚¨ã€‚ We hope you are able to boycott Carrefour at least on 1 May, to deliver, by the empty Carrefour that day, one message to the western world: Chinese shouldn’t […]
One Against The Council
MR.JOHN: had only grumbled a little when the Municipal Council acquired his farm land for a youth Camp.But when he was told that his house must be demolished to enable the council to carry out a new Town Planning scheme, he though the time had come for him to fight for his ‘right’. When the […]