Meet Colonel Fish Sauce

Aljazeera.net June 2011 "The global war on drugs has failed." That was the stark conclusion of a recent study by former world leaders. Their words resonate in Asia, which is awash with a highly addictive drug called methamphetamine, better known by its street-names yaba, shabu, ice, speed.

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Two Tropical Gulags

Today, as Al Jazeera continues its daily broadcasts of “Thailand’s Tropical Gulag,” a documentary I co-produced with filmmaker Orlando de Guzman, I read two pieces of torture news. Please compare and contrast: In Indonesia, a military tribunal found three soldiers guilty of torturing Papuans. Horrific footage of this abuse was filmed and posted on YouTube [...]

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