Asia

In late July the Cambodian government released a third draft of a highly contentious law that has the potential to impair the activities of human rights and civil society actors in the country.

An unprecedented anti-corruption campaign has spread across India as veteran Gandhian activist Anna Hazare sits in a hunger strike in New Delhi. The cause is one that touches everyone: ridding India of corruption for good.

Every month, thousands of Indians leave their Himalayan tribes and coastal fishing towns to seek work in business process outsourcing, which includes customer service, sales, and anything else foreign corporations hire Indians to do.

Last week, Cambodia finished celebrating its third official lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride celebration, a week of movie screenings, workshops and other activities organized by Rainbow Community Kampuchea.

There are serious reports, but unconfirmed by independent observers, of the use of cluster weapons by Thai forces in the Good Friday, April 22, 2011, attack on Cambodian forces.

In the realm of US foreign policy, the necessities of life are often taken away from a population if they fail to follow the desired political line.