Author Archives: Faine Greenwood

Damed Nations: A Hydroelectric Project in Laos May Fuel Strife in South East Asia

Construction of the Xayaburi dam may cause massive change to 60 million people who live near the ecologically rich Mekong – and it’s the poorest Southeast Asians who will be likely be hit the hardest.

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How 62 Refugees Escaping Libya Died at Sea While Everyone Looked the Other Way

During the height of the Libya conflict, scores of migrants boarded a rickety vessel en route to Europe. They perished at sea while NATO and others ignored their pleas for help.

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Thailand’s Terrorism Problem

Deadly bombings in Southern Thailand on Saturday killed thirteen people and wounded over 300 in popular tourist and commercial centers. How to understand these attacks.

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Making India a Safer Place for Women

Sexual violence- and the ham-fisted legislation proposed by regional governors to address it - has sparked soul-searching debate online and in the press over rape law and the prevalence of sexual assault in supposedly swiftly-modernizing India.

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Why Are So Many Cambodian Protesters Getting Shot These Days?

Since November 2011, gun violence against peaceful protesters has been on the rise in this troubled Southeast Asian nation. Impunity for the shootings means it is unlikely to stop anytime soon.

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Thailand Bombing Vs Thai Tourism Industry

Thailand’s lax immigration policies help tourism, but it also lets in unsavory groups and characters, like the Iranians who blew themselves up last week in Bangkok.

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Did Twitter Cost a Judge his Job at a UN War Crimes Tribunal?

The future of the Khmer Rouge War Tribunal in Cambodia is currently in danger, as is the outcome of ongoing and important Case 002, where the highest-ranking Khmer rouge cadres still alive are being tried—and much of the controversy is swirling around a newly-appointed investigating judge’s fondness for Twitter.

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Land Grabs in Cambodia

Human rights in Cambodia have gone from bad to worse in January, prompting Human Rights Watch to issue a damning report on the Southeast Asian nation’s rights slide.

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Why Victims of a Cambodian Land Grab are Protesting at the US Embassy

Violent clashes and protests over a land-grabbing disputed have taken place in the heart of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh this week, after a development company began to bulldoze the slum homes of 300 poor families.

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India’s Own “Great Firewall?”

India’s tradition of free speech may be facing its biggest obstacle yet, following an end-of-year government push to require Internet giants Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google to filter its users content for “offensive” material.

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