As always these are just the things that have caught my eye.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Another Indigenous Girl Raped and Killed (Global Voices)
Belarus
One-armed man arrested in Belarus for clapping (Boing Boing)
Cameroon
Gay Man Lynched in Northern Cameroon (Global Voices)
China
Unaware, China’s Handan City Consumed Toxic Water for Days (Global Voices)
Chinese Journalists Demand Resignation of Provincial Propaganda Chief (Global Voices)
Website of a Liberal Political Journal Shut Down in China (Global Voices)
China’s Propaganda Department Threatens to Dissolve Beijing News (Global Voices)
China’s Blames “Foreign Forces” for Press Freedom Protests (Global Voices)
China Press Freedom Campaign Swells with New Rally (Moderate Voice)
Censorship Meets Rare Defiance as Journalists Strike in China (Boing Boing)
Cote d’Ivoire
Ivorian Blogger Questions Government’s Response to Abidjan Stampede (Global Voices)
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Elusive Quest for Peace with the M23 in the DRC (Global Voices)
Ecuador
Ecuador: President Refuses to Inaugurate Wind Farm (Global Voices)
France
Row over 3rd Generation Contraceptive Pills in France (Global Voices)
Dueling Demonstrations Surround Same-Sex Marriage in France (Global Voices)
India
India Vows Response After ‘Ghastly’ Pakistan Attack (Moderate Voice)
Japan
Japan Scrambles Jets to Head Off China Plane (Moderate Voice)
Kenya
Technology Helps Kenyans Reveal Electoral Registration Fraud (Global Voices)
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Twitter User Jailed for Two Years for Insulting Emir (Global Voices)
New Zealand
Chinese tourists say crooked NZ tour-operator took them to a “buffet” that was really a church soup-kitchen (Boing Boing)
Pakistan
Shot Pakistan Schoolgirl Malala Leaves UK Hospital (Moderate Voice) —YAH!!!!
India Vows Response After ‘Ghastly’ Pakistan Attack (Moderate Voice)
Russia
Vladimir Pozner & Russia’s Own Political Correctness (Global Voices)
Secret Money, Hacks, and Politics of Russian Web (Global Voices)
Saudi Arabia
Public Prosecutor Seeks Flogging for Saudi Women Protesters (Global Voices)
70-year-old man marries 15-year-old in Saudi Arabia (CNN)
Singapore
Delhi Rape Case Sparks Death Penalty Debate in Singapore (Global Voices)
Spain
Twitterer Called to Testify in Spain for Gramsci Quotes (Global Voices)
Spanish locksmiths won’t help banks evict people from their homes (Boing Boing)
South Korea
South Korea: The Secret Agent’s Illegal Electioneering (Global Voices)
Syria
Assad’s Fantasies Fuel Syria’s Tragedy (Moderate Voice)
Nearly 9,000 Syrians Flee to Jordan in Six Days: Govt (Moderate Voice)
Tunisia
Tunisian Army Critic Gets a One-Year Suspended Jail Sentence (Global Voices)
United Kingdom
Nepali Citizen Arrested in the UK for Alleged War Crimes (Global Voices)
Irish town councillor tries to get state-owned piece of art removed from public gallery (Boing Boing)
Zambia
Zambian Ex-President Banda on his 2011 Election Defeat (Global Voices)