Posted on October 1, 2016. Tags: Cambodia, Corruption, Economics, South-East Asia
Hun Sen’s increasingly despotic grip on Cambodia, and his family’s oligopoly of the country’s economy, should invite stronger condemnation and countermeasures from the West. In July of this year, the NGO Global Witness published an excoriating exposé of Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia. The thrust of their criticism was directed at […]
Read the full story
Posted in Asia, Economics, World
Posted on May 7, 2016. Tags: Asia, Asylum Seeker, Australia, Boat People, Cambodia, Campsfield House, Concentration Camp, Detention Centres, Global Detention Project, Guantanamo Bay, International Law, Irregular Immigration, Lesvos Island, Manus Island, Middle East, Naura, Opcat, Papua New Guinea, Refugees, Stop the Boat, Torture, united nations
It’s official: Australia’s “Stop the Boats” campaign is a success. Or so the government claims. Back in 2013, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott ascended to his post in part because of his pledge to “stop the boats,” or, in less catchy rhetoric, to prevent asylum seekers – mostly arriving by sea from the Middle East […]
Read the full story
Posted in Africa, Asia, Australia, Conflict, Europe, Iran, Political Security, Refugees, Syria, UN, World