Really loving some of the investigative pieces The New Yorker has come out with this month:
A Murder Foretold: The story of the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg who fought against Guatemalan corruption and violence. Rosenberg was murdered while hotly pursuing justice for the violent murder case of Lebanese businessman, Khalil Musa. Upon his death he left a video recording with a former spy chief accusing the Guatemalan President and his wife for the murders of Musa and himself. The video was posted on YouTube and tweeted resulting in public protests and launching a major investigation by the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) Absolutely riveting.
Net Impact: The story of Alexey Navalny, lawyer and blogger, who is fighting Russia's government corruption head on through his blog RosPil which utilizes the Russian public examine documents and to call out dodgy business deals and government tenders.
Recent news clippings of interest:
UAE blogger who called for reform taken from his apartment - CNN reported that Ahmed Mansoor was abducted from his apartment by 10 men who also confiscated his lap top and his passport.
Egypt blogger arrests set "dangerous precedent" - Reuters reported that Maikel Nabil was arrested for "insulting the military" and faces three years in prison.
'Jasmine' Blogger Arrested - The Standard reported the arrest of writer and blogger Ran Yunfei for challenging the Communist Party.
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