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Malaysia's Bersih 3.0: Sentiments, Perceptions And Politics - Analysis - Eurasia Review
A supporter who refused to be identified confessed that he was frustrated with the electoral fraud and the rally was his only platform to express his feelings and make his voice count. Other protesters from different parts of Malaysia interviewed ...
Venezuela: Gender Equality Still Not A Reality - Eurasia Review
“Neither the opposition nor Chávez's government are working as a team to guarantee gender equality,” said a member of the opposition Democratic Action party, who asked that her name not be used. “It's unfortunate. The polarization consumes us and we ...
Pakistan: Bin Laden Memory Lives On In Hideout Town - Eurasia Review
One of the boys, who declined to give his name, says the demolished site should be transformed into a playground. “This place should be called the Osama Cricket Stadium,” he jokes. “This compound is the only place where we can play cricket.
Burma: Government Makes Peace With Karen Rebels, But Why Not Kachin? – OpEd - Eurasia Review
President Thein Sein also met six delegates from the Karen National Union (KNU) on April 7 in Naypyidaw, according to a government official who asked not to be named, following negotiations with ministers in Rangoon on Friday, AFP News said.
Burma: Government Hands Out Punishment To News Journal - Eurasia Review
“We have skipped the [scrutiny] process far too often and as the 1962 [Law] is still in effect, they had to punish us,” said an employee, who asked not to be named, at the Myanmar Post Global. While the government has begun to relax some of the state's ...
Canada Passes Legislation To Combat Nuclear Terrorism – OpEd - Eurasia Review
... aiding and abetting terrorist organizations, the Canadian government passed legislation that amended its criminal code to specifically include nuclear terrorism, a US intelligence analyst — who requested anonymity — told the Public Safety ...
Gaza: Energy Crisis Close To Tipping Point - Eurasia Review
The current crisis was created through dependence on unreliable tunnels, a system in danger of collapsing at any time,” a humanitarian aid worker from Gaza, who asked to remain anonymous, told IRIN.
Netanyahu Blames Iran, Hezbollah For Attacks On Embassies – OpEd - Eurasia Review
... Netanyahu yesterday evening blamed the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah for two attacks against Israeli embassies in India and Georgia, according to a Law Enforcement Examiner source in the Israeli National Police, who requested anonymity.
China: Teenage Nun Self-Immolates; Buildings Torched - Eurasia Review
A teenage Tibetan Buddhist nun set herself on fire on Saturday in the latest self-immolation against Chinese rule as protesters torched government buildings in southwestern Sichuan province, exile sources said. Tenzin Choedron, aged 18 and from the ...
US Uncovers Iranian Effort To Help Syria Evade Oil Sanctions - Eurasia Review
The Treasury Department spokesperson, who spoke on background, noted that most maritime insurance companies are based in the United States or European Union, meaning that ships intent on carrying Syrian oil will have to look elsewhere for coverage, ...
Sudan Threatens To Arrest Church Leaders - Eurasia Review
Sudan's Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information, Christian sources said. ...
China: Armed Clashes In Xinjiang - Eurasia Review
The officer, identified as Adil Abduveli, and four other policemen were trying to prevent a group of Uyghur youths from crossing over the border into Pakistan when the fight occurred, the source said. As Abduveli was stabbed by a youth with a knife, ...
Google's China Story – Analysis - Eurasia Review
The “Global Times” further said: “A spokesman of the Google company who declined to be named said that Chinese users will possibly be able to continue using the search engine in Chinese through Google.com. “The only thing we have announced is this: We ...
Ivory Coast: Low Voter Turnout For Legislative Elections - Eurasia Review
... but a low turnout, which was the natural consequence of the boycott decided by the Ivorian People's Front (FPI) of former president Laurent Gbagbo”, said to MISNA missionary sources from Abidjan, who requested anonymity for security reasons. ...
Uzbekistan: Illegal Prosecutions And Punishments - Eurasia Review
Baptists, who asked not to be named for fear of state reprisals, stated to Forum 18 on 28 November that the case was “fabricated”, with a “fake” witness. They stated that an Ergash Ermakbayev was produced in court as a witness, but he did not produce ...
Kazakhstan: 'Those Who Initiated Such Laws To Answer Before Allah' - Eurasia Review
When Forum 18 asked for the Chair of the Court, she refused to give his name but said that she could take a question for him. She took down Forum 18′s questions on why the Court heard the appeal in Zimens' absence and why he was being fined for not ...
Burma: New Political Prisoner Release 'Likely' - Eurasia Review
A top government official, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to discuss the planned release, told RFA in an interview Thursday that the release would likely come next week. “I expect the release date will be Nov. ...
China Suspends 'Open' Catholic Bishop - Eurasia Review
A China-based Church observer who also declined to be named over security fears said Bishop Pei was the first member of the new leadership of the BCCCC to decline presiding over an illicit ordination. The observer said that Beijing might think Bishop ...
US Administration Suspends Part Of Health Care Law - Eurasia Review
Health administration officials said Friday that despite their best efforts to implement the plan, it was not possible to make it financially viable. The plan was designed to give disabled elderly people money to receive care at home instead of the ...
Kazakhstan: President Signs Two Laws Restricting Freedom Of Religion Or Belief - Eurasia Review
An official of the Kostanai Regional Border Control Directorate – who refused to give his name – told Forum 18 on 4 October that the confiscated items had been sent for an “expert analysis” by unnamed state agencies. He said that “in the interests of ...
Obama's Cyclopean Look On Afghan War – OpEd - Eurasia Review
In an interview with NPR books, the agent who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “We went into the war in Afghanistan kind of on a wing and a prayer and a hope that everything would turn out. By driving the Taliban and al Qaeda out of the cities, ...
Terrorist Plot To Assassinate Afghan President Thwarted - Eurasia Review
The suspects allegedly conspired to assassinate President Karzai, according to the police advisor who requested anonymity. The arrested men included Kabul University's Professor Amal Habib, a/k/a Assadullah, four university students and a Presidential ...
Fears For Health Of Shaker Aamer, Last British Resident In Guantánamo – OpEd - Eurasia Review
In Cahalan's article, “Fears grow over Britain's last inmate at Guantánamo Bay,” a source close to Shaker Aamer's case, who did not wish to be identified, told him, “Mr. Aamer is an individual separated from his family for almost 10 years, ...
Co-Oping BDS: Progressive Except Palestine - OpEd - Eurasia Review
“The reason we're boycotting Israel and not Atilla the Hun is because there is an international call for boycott on Israel, and we should be honoring boycotts,” according to one Coop boycott supporter, who asked not to be named. ...
The 2011 Mumbai Serial Blasts And India's 'Resilience' - Analyisis - Eurasia Review
The Home Minister observed that “intelligence sharing has improved in comparison to what it was earlier”, but obviously a lot more needs to be done.5 A senior official speaking off the record observed that in most instances sharing of information among ...