This is a personal blog, and so I have avoided linking to news stories except in the case of those that directly affect my situation. But I came across this story:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/laos.british.woman.drugs.trial/index.html
It is about a 20 year old British woman who was detained in Laos for allegedly trafficking drugs, faces execution by firing squad, and has not been allowed a lawyer. She is also pregnant, possibly as a result of rape while in prison.
The reason I am linking this from here, though, is because while it is receiving a lot of British press, for obvious reasons, the US news hasn't picked up on it yet. Too busy panicking about swine flu, I suppose. A google news search turned up one result, from FOX (of all places). So, it's up to the new media, this grand blogosphere, to inform the public. (Incidentally I also learned of it on a blog, Shakesville, a progressive collaborative blog I've started reading.
It's a little scary to me personally, as many exchange students I've met here have or are going to travel to Laos. And while I'd hope none of them would get involved in anything even questionable, the lack of due process in evidence scares me on their behalf. So anyway, that was...a news story I just thought you all should be aware of, that I don't think you've come across before.
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- I'm a junior engineering major at Dartmouth College, currently studying at the International School of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Try saying that three times fast.
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