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06/02/2013 / INDIA
Kashmir girl band provoke fatwa by singing in front of men
This is the story of three teenage girls who wanted to rock but were born in the wrong place. After participating in a music contest in Indian Kashmir, Aneeqa, Noma, and Farah received third place — as well as heaps of insults and a fatwa against them. Read more...
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04/02/2013 / BURMA
04/02/2013 / IRAN
Dramatic video appears to show Iranian gas platform sinking
A video that has recently surfaced online shows a gas exploration platform collapsing into the ocean, with at least a dozen panicked workers jumping or falling into the rough waters. This dramatic video has been shared all over Iranian social networks, and tallies with reports form Iranian media explaining that a gas platform sunk into the Persian Gulf last Tuesday. Read more...
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29/01/2013 / AUSTRALIA
28/01/2013 / SYRIA
Churches and mausoleums destroyed as religious tensions mount in Syria
Syrian rebel groups have been accused of destroying religious sites in the north of the country over the past few months - incidents which relaunch the debate around religious denominations in the Syrian conflict. Shiite and Christian Observers describe the fear in which they live. Read more…
24/01/2013 / SPAIN
The article on the front page of Thursday’s edition of prestigious Spanish newspaper El Pais is titled “Chavez’s secret illness”. Accompanying it is a large photo of a man, lying down, with medical tubes in his mouth. This legend describes the man as Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Read more...
Spanish newspaper publishes fake photo of Hugo Chavez in hospital
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18/01/2013 / CHINA
Chinese company’s team-building exercise confounds viewers
This video of a team-building exercise – which was supposed to motivate the employees of a hotel in northeast China – has caused an uproar among Chinese Internet users, some of whom say that these methods remind them of those practiced in North Korea. Read more...
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18/01/2013 / SYRIA
Studying in Syria: “My university campus is like a military zone”
More than 80 people died when two explosions tore through the University of Aleppo on Tuesday, which coincided with the first day of exams. In Syria, thousands of students are trying to continue their studies, despite the conflict. Two students gave us their first-hand accounts of what it’s like to study in a country at war. Read more...
17/01/2013 / MALI
Paranoia in Bamako: Muslims arrested for ‘looking Islamist’
While the Malian army and French forces combat Islamist fighters in the country’s north, to the south, residents of the capital Bamako are falling prey to paranoia. Anyone who looks like they might perchance be radical Islamists is immediately denounced to the authorities. Read more...
17/01/2013 / IRAN
Soaring prices, censorship, and dating woes: three Observers talk about daily life in Iran
To mark the broadcast of FRANCE 24’s exclusive report from Iran, “Life Under Sanctions”, three of our Observers agreed to tell us about some of the daily challenges they face. Their faces are blurred to ensure their security. Listen to what they have to say…
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