Games were a source of communicating
a message to the children in a rural village school during
Inspiration Day in Indonesia’s province of Central Sulawesi—in this
case to let their dreams fly high—as well as to have fun.
Inspiration for
the Inspirator
Gunawan
The author participated in a program through which the youth in
Indonesia share the stories of their lives with elementary school
students in remote areas as a way to offer inspiration to them.
However, the author discovered that the inspiration is mutual: he
found inspiration in the words and dreams of the children. [Read
more]
New NEC Is the
Key Problem for the CNRP and CPP in Cambodia
Phiev Tong Him
While a settlement was reached between Cambodia’s ruling and
opposition political parties in July of this year to break the
political impasse in the country after the 2013 national elections,
the author is skeptical that a key point of the agreement—the reform
of the National Election Commission (NEC)—will be realized because
of past experiences with Cambodia’s powerful politicians and their
promises. [Read more]
Nepal’s
Commission on Disappearances: Will It Deliver?
Govinda Sharma “Bandi”
During Nepal’s civil war from 1996 to 2006, thousands of people
disappeared in the country. As the nation and its people seek to
heal the scars from this violent period, the author highlights the
attempts that have been made to bring closure to these traumatic
incidents, including the most recent initiative of Parliament, and
examines their degree of success. [Read
more]
An Islamic
Scholar in Pakistan Is Shot Dead by ‘Unknown Persons’ on Blasphemy
Charges
Asian Human Rights Commission
A liberal Islamic scholar, Dr. Shakeel Auj, the dean of the Faculty
of Islamic Studies at the University of Karachi, was the third
Islamic scholar murdered in Karachi in the month of September. The
same suspect—“unknown persons”—is believed to be responsible again.
[Read more]
The
Constructive Role of Civil Society
National Peace Council
Since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, tensions in the
country are not only based on ethnic lines between the majority
Sinhalese and minority Tamil communities but increasingly since 2012
on religious divisions in the country as a nationalistic group of
Buddhist monks leads attacks on Muslims and Christians. This article
offers a strategy for counteracting this violent trend against Sri
Lanka’s religious minorities. [Read
more]
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