More interest in Mark Seidenfeld from the blogosphere:
April 26 to May 2, 2007
On April 26th, in “Economic Rights and Human Rights“, Nathan Hamm of Registan.net (“All Central Asia – All the Time”) picked up on the human rights aspect of Mark’s case, noting that human rights did extend to economic rights. He linked his comments to the UN’s International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Mark’s case was also picked up by Joshua Foust at The Conjecturor (“Give your brain a workout”) , which regularly blogs on domestic U.S. politics, foreign affairs, and U.S. Pentagon news. The news roundup that featured Mark was “News Brief: Do The Whirlwind Edition.” The news brief is a daily roundup that is featured at the Conjecturor and at A Second Hand Conjecture, a related blog to which Joshua Foust and others contribute. Global Voices Online featured a link to the April 26th article at FPA Central Asia.
On April 28, Nevada Corporations FAQ, a private news blog, picked up the story through the Las Vegas Sun article.
On May 1, focus shifted somewhat away from Mark specifically and to Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour’s trip to Central Asia. However, Mark’s situation was noted in several of these articles on human rights and Central Asian affairs. Posts at Registan.net, The Conjecturor, and FPA Central Asia covered Ms. Arbour’s visit and its ramifications for human rights. Global Voices Online also weighed in on this highly important concern. Global Voices Online is a nexus of bloggers from all over the world.
However, on May 2, FPA Central Asia wrote about Mark’s trial delays in the face of the evidence given by auditors of his innocence of charges in a post called “Just the facts, ma’am.” Again, this was picked up by The Conjecturor and A Second Hand Conjecture, both very popular blogs.
Also on May 2, KZ Blog featured an interesting story: “Kazakhstan and foreign investors“, which noted Mark’s story as indicative of an overall trend in Kazakhstan’s investment climate. KZ Blog also linked to a story in The Guardian about increasing restrictions in Kazakhstan for foreign investors. Global Voices Online picked up the KZBlog post and featured it an May 2nd.
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You don’t have to take our word for all this blog interest. You can check the links above, or google it up for yourself by entering “Mark Seidenfeld” in the Search box, and then going to “blog” in the search parameters. This blog is there too–but then, you probably already guessed that.
