Vol. 2 No. 5 – October 2008 The PDF version of this issue is available for download. Click here Table of Content Policies arming civilians a product of vigilantism Danilo Reyes Orissa’s ongoing violence against minorities Multinational corporations and human rights in Asia Robert J Hanlon Legal systems used to silence bloggers, suppress freedom of expression Meryam Dabhoiwala Prostitution, trafficking and impunity in India: A human rights perspective Vanessa Sanderson The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish Hope in the case of Rizana Nafeek Asian Human Rights Commission A personal reflection: The ‘Dignity and Justice for Detainees Initiative’ Edna Aquino Nepal should stop its plan to deport Tibetans to India Asian Human Rights Commission