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Brazilian Colonel Found Dead A Month After Confessing To Torture
At the end of March, retired Colonel Paulo Malhães arrived at the building of the Brazilian National Truth Commission (CNV) sitting in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses. He was about to begin one of the most powerful deposi...
Laos Joins Southeast Asian Neighbours In Imposing Stricter Internet Controls
Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong has signed a new decree imposing stricter Internet control in the country. Signed last September 16, 2014, the new regulation promotes responsible and “constructive” use of the ...
World Press Freedom Day: The free press principle
Free the press! It is a familiar refrain, one that grows louder year-on-year yet never loses relevancy. Why should a free press even be up for discussion? Are we failing to get the message across? The simple answer is that the ...
The Internet and Peace in Colombia
Throughout the last 60 years, the Colombian government has made numerous attempts to tackle one of the world’s oldest and largest, internal armed conflicts. Negotiations continue today in a bid to end to the war with Fuerzas...
Opposition representatives propose “freedom from fear” law In Serbia
Nineteen representatives of the Serbian National Assembly filed a proposal for a new law that would guarantee Serbian citizens freedom from fear. While freedom from fear is allegedly a right guaranteed by the Constitution of th...
Mashing Mexico’s Monopolies
The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa described Mexico under the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) as the ‘perfect dictatorship’; an exquisite balancing act of entrenched special interests. Much like Mexico under ...
