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  • North Korea's soccer players stand behind North Korea's national flag during the playing of anthems at a 2010 World Cup match in Nelspruit, South Africa.

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    Humiliation, the North Korean way

    What do athletes do after a humiliating defeat? Say, a 7-0 loss in a football match broadcast on national television?

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  • China's journalists under threat
    Sep 2, 2010

    China's Economic Observer reporter Qiu Ziming beat the odds in July by not going to jail. Mr. Qui had been the target of a Zhejiang police arrest warrant issued at the behest of a powerful local paper company, which Mr. Qiu had exposed for insider trading. Police withdrew the arrest warrant and issued a rare public apology on July 29 after Mr. Qiu's employers strongly defended his reporting. Mr. Qiu is one of the lucky ones.

  • From a North Korean Hell to Home
    Aug 27, 2010

    In most countries, the typical penalty for an immigration offense like illegal entry is arrest, short-term detention and ultimately deportation, sometimes accompanied by a fine. But in North Korea, the penalty can be a lengthy prison term and a huge fine.

  • Humiliation, the North Korean way
    Aug 26, 2010

    What do athletes do after a humiliating defeat? Say, a 7-0 loss in a football match broadcast on national television?

  • The Long Road to The Hague
    Aug 22, 2010

    James Ross talks to The Irrawaddy about calls, led by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma Tómas Ojea Quintana, for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The formation of a Commission of Inquiry has been publicly supported most recently by the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

  • Afghan Couple Stoned to Death - CNN
    Aug 20, 2010

    The Afghan government has said there will be negotiations with the Taliban. The U.S. government supports that ultimately because we all know that that's the only way to end the war. When all is said and done, the question is, think about the stoning case up in Kunduz. Can we live with the deal in which the man who ordered the stoning becomes the mayor of that town?

  • Malaysia: Disability Rights Treaty Ratification an ‘Important Step’
    Aug 16, 2010

    Malaysia's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can help bring real improvement in the lives of people with disabilities in Malaysia.

  • Open Letter to President of Indonesia on Papuan Political Prisioners
    Aug 16, 2010

    As Indonesia's National Day on 17 August approaches, we the undersigned non-governmental organizations engaged in the defense of human rights in Indonesia are deeply concerned that dozens of Papuans are incarcerated in prisons in Papua and West Papua simply for having been involved in non-violent demonstrations or expressions of opinion.

  • How Settling With the Taliban Puts Women at Risk
    Aug 15, 2010

    "If you had to choose between saving a girl's life or enabling her to go to school, which would you do first?" This was Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reply when I asked him last month if the rights of Afghan women might be sacrificed for a peace settlement with the Taliban.

  • Burma: Escalate International Pressure Ahead of November 7 Polls
    Aug 13, 2010

    The national elections announced by Burma's military government for November 7 are designed to further entrench military rule with a civilian facade.

  • "Karachi is too strategically important for the international community to ignore its destabilization"
    Aug 13, 2010

    Following the August 2 murder of the MQM leader Raza Haider, ethnically opposed factions have killed 86 people in Karachi and the violence continues. Three ‘secular’ parties are in the driving seat – the PPP, MQM and ANP – but all with past records of mutual hostility. The Friday Times speaks to Ali Dayan Hasan of Human Rights Watch on the implications of recent events.

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