The Caribbean
Is Obama really helping Cuban dissidents?
Obama's embrace of Cuban dissidents allows the Castro regime to to more easily paint any push for greater democracy on the island as part of an imperial agenda.
Tag: politics of cyberspace
Greater Middle East
Erdogan exploits terror wave —of course
Erdogan cynically blames the mounting terror attacks in Turkey on Kurdish miitants—as Europe grooms his consolidating dictatorship as a buffer state to keep refugees at bay.
The Andes
Bogotá: taxistas revolt against Uber
Hundreds of taxi drivers from across Colombia converged on Bogotá, clogging the streets and blocking intersections to demand the government ban Uber.
Iraq
Terror in Ankara —amid state terror against Kurds
International condemnation of the Ankara terror blasts contrasts silence over ongoing Turkish state terror against the Kurds—as Erdogan rushes to blame the PKK in the blast.
Greater Middle East
Kuwait upholds four-year term for tweeting
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld the four-year prison sentence against an activist found guilty of insulting judges on Twitter—the latest in a string of such convictions for illegal tweeting.
Greater Middle East
Turkey releases journalists charged with espionage
A Turkish court released two journalists who were arrested last year after reporting that the Ankara government was running a smuggling operation to arm Islamist factions in Syria.
Europe
Poland: thousands march against surveillance law
Thousands marched in Warsaw to protest the government's planned changes to the legal code that would increase surveillance over Polish citizens.
Greater Middle East
Health concerns for imprisoned Saudi blogger
Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi—winner of the EU's Sakharov Prize—has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health owing to his lengthy hunger strike.
East Asia
China passes draconian anti-terror law
China's new anti-terrorism law requires technology companies to provide decryption to officials, restricts media reportage on terrorist activity, and permits overseas military raids.
East Asia
China: prominent rights lawyer released
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang received a suspended sentence and was released—after protesters clashed with police at the courthouse when he was convicted.
Europe
Spain strikes down Catalan independence plan
The Constitutional Court of Spain declared unconstitutional a resolution by the Parliament of Catalonia that puts forth a plan for the region's independence by 2017.
Palestine
Google to suppress footage of Israeli war crimes?
Israeli cabinet member Tzipi Hotovely met with representatives of YouTube and Google to discuss cooperation in what she called the fight against "inciting violence and terrorism."