| Saudi Arabia: Licence to Blog!
Saudi Arabia first announced plans to have all web publishers and online media, including blogs and forums, to be registered with the government. The following day, it backed down following a storm of protests, saying that only electronic newspapers were expected to register. Saudi netizens have their say. >>Read more
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| D.R. of Congo: Okapi Radio, Winner of "Free Media Pioneer" Awards
 On September 9th, 2010, the International Press Institute (IPI) granted the "Free Media Pioneer" to Okapi Radio, the UN radio in the Democratic Republic of Congo, created by the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the D.R. of Congo MONUSCO and the Swiss NGO Fondation Hirondelle. The radio has been broadcasting since 2002 in an effort to contribute to the peace building process in the country. >>Read more |
| Bhutan: 'Happiness' As A Millennium Development Goal
 Starting Monday, world leaders descended on New York to attend the annual General Assembly. But shy of 5 years from the deadline of achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals it was sad to see countries still mired in differences and using the platform to make jabs at each other instead of talk about cooperation. In that respect, it was nice to have a little laughter - even whimsical as it may have been - when the PM of Bhutan proposed "Happiness" be included as the 9th MDG.
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| Israel: Are Peace Activists Harassed by Palestinian Men Being Silenced?
Israeli human rights activists, who regularly join Palestinian demonstrators in Bil'iin and Sheikh Jarrah, are recently blamed for ignoring and even silencing an allegedly common phenomenon of sexual harassment of women activists by fellow Palestinian demonstrators. >>Read more
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| The Invisible Border Between Ecuador and Colombia
 The Colombia-Ecuador border is once again a contentious issue. Both countries have a border of 586 km (about 365 miles) and with it a long history of conflict, mutual accusations and reports of armed conflict and displacement. The death of Raúl Reyes, a member of the Colombian rebel group FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), is perhaps the border's most well known incident. Reyes died on Ecuadorian territory in March 2008 during a Colombian attack on a FARC base in Angostura, as bc10 [es]recalls. >>Read more
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