Zimbabwe authorities have freed MDC official Roy Bennett from custody, a day after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his release on bail. Mr. Bennett said Zimbabwe was a country “where the rule of law means nothing”.
A nominee to become deputy agriculture minister in the country’s fledgling power-sharing government, he was arrested on 13 February. [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 12, 2009
Zimbabwe cabinet nominee is freed
March 12, 2009
Protest in Pakistan
Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have used sticks to beat up protesters outside the high court, as lawyers began an anti-government protest march. Organisers intend the four-day march to culminate in a sit-in at the parliament in the capital, Islamabad, on Monday.
The demonstrators want President Asif Ali Zardari to fulfil a pledge [...]
March 12, 2009
The Ovi magazine today
A German lullaby by Thanos Kalamidas
And it did happen again and this time in Germany, with more victims – fifteen, the news say, including the boy that held the gun. The question remains, who put this gun in his hand and who triggered it!
The Chai Wallah Oscar by Asa Butcher
The Ovi readers that eagerly followed [...]
March 10, 2009
Tibet, hell on Earth!
The Dalai Lama has launched a fierce attack on Chinese rule in his Tibetan homeland, describing its people’s lives as “hell on Earth”. Five decades of Chinese rule had caused “untold suffering”, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader said, accusing Beijing of creating a climate of fear. He also repeated his demand for Tibet’s “legitimate and meaningful [...]
March 10, 2009
The Ovi magazine today
The Link between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking by Marko Kananen
Trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation is one of the most outrageous human rights violations of today. It is the third most lucrative activity of organized crime, following trafficking of arms and drugs.
The Art of Guanxi, Part III: Relationships in So Many Words [...]
