August 2012 - Foreign Policy Public Health Blog

Some bad news for Putin as *** Riot heads to jail

A judge has sentenced three members of the feminist punk band *** Riot to two years in prison for their "punk prayer": "The girls' actions were sacrilegious, blasphemous and broke the church's rules," Judge Marina Syrova told...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 10:37 AM by FP Passport

The best and worst countries to be a returning athlete

The Olympics have left in their wake a glut of sports metaphors and even a few diplomatic spats , but the games themselves are over. The athletes are heading home - in fact, many left before the closing ceremonies last Sunday night. Some will receive...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 10:19 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Olympics, World Cup

Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Police kill 34 at South African mine strike Top news: In one of the bloodiest police operations since the end of apartheid, heavily armed South African police officers shot and killed 34 miners at a wildcat strike about 62 miles north of Johannesburg...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon

Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon Top news: The violence in Syria spilled over into neighboring Lebanon on Wednesday as Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped more than 30 people in an area of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah. The abductions were aimed...

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 5:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

What a Russian minister didn't say about Assad

On Tuesday , Al-Watan , a Saudi newspaper, quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had agreed to step down after months of trying to quash the Syrian uprising. It's not unusual for public...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 1:54 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Middle East, Media, Syria, Saudi Arabia

'Ridiculously photogenic Syrian soldier': A weapon of mass seduction

Sex sells -- but can it sell a bloody Middle Eastern revolution pitting disparate armed factions against an entrenched autocrat? Last year's successful overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi turned Libya's rebels with a cause into international...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:05 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Syria, Dispatch from the Revolution

Paul Ryan's been through all Bernard Lewis's books

Impressive! Q: What do you read? Ryan: I go there. I read. I mean I’m a big Bernard Lewis fan. I’ve read all of Bernard Lewis’ books, and I read a lot of his books on this topic are. I formed the Middle East Caucus in early 2000s. On Ways and Means, which...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 10:20 AM by FP Passport

Moroccan newspaper editor threatened for opposing premarital sex ban

A cleric has issued a fatwa calling for the death of the editor of Morocco's Al-Ahdath Al-Maghribia daily newspaper, Moktar el-Ghzioui, after he went on television proclaiming his opposition to article 490 of the Moroccan penal code, which criminalizes...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 10:09 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Islam, Religion, Arab World

Can you smuggle a person in diplomatic mail?

Writing about the ongoing Julian Assange standoff at the Ecuadorean embassy in London yesterday, I wondered if it would be possible to smuggle the Wikileaks founder out of the country via diplomatic mail, if the British government refuses to grant him...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 7:51 AM by FP Passport

Alicia Silverstone writes to Putin, demands vegan meals for *** Riot defendant

Via, frequent FP contributor Shaun Walker on Twitter, I see that the PETA UK site is hosting a letter from Alicia Silverstone to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which addresses the real priority in the *** Riot trial. The Clueless star writes : Dear...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 7:22 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Explosion rocks central Damascus

Explosion rocks central Damascus Top news: A bomb exploded near military buildings and a hotel used by U.N. observers in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, reportedly wounding three people but not harming any U.N. staff. According to AFP , the...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 5:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Some bad news for Putin as *** Riot heads to jail

The best and worst countries to be a returning athlete

Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Morning Brief: Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon

What a Russian minister didn't say about Assad

'Ridiculously photogenic Syrian soldier': A weapon of mass seduction

Paul Ryan's been through all Bernard Lewis's books

Moroccan newspaper editor threatened for opposing premarital sex ban

Can you smuggle a person in diplomatic mail?

Alicia Silverstone writes to Putin, demands vegan meals for *** Riot defendant

Morning Brief: Explosion rocks central Damascus

Hungarian far-right leader learns that he's Jewish

If you're a priest with a sports car, try not to crash it

What are you allowed to ship to Cuba?

Would Ecuador have to smuggle Assange out of Britain?