Tunisia: Opening prisons to the world [via GV/WITNESS]

By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Sep 27 06

Regions: Tunisia

Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Tags: googlemaps, maps, prisons

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS's collaboration with Global Voices Online]

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Eastern Europe: Video documents homophobia on the rise [via GV/WITNESS]

By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Sep 20 06

Regions: Croatia, Eastern Europe, Russia

Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, LGBTQ, Sexual rights

Tags: LGBT, Moscow, pride

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS's collaboration with Global Voices Online]

Malaysia: Cellphone video captures police excess [via GV/WITNESS]

By: Sameer Padania, Posted: Sep 7 06

Regions: Malaysia

Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Police brutality

Tags: cellphone, squatgate

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS's collaboration with Global Voices Online]

When the Malaysian police started accepting crime reports sent in by members of the public from their cellphones, little did they expect that their own misdemeanours would one day be caught in the frame.