R&D: Cuba Clamps Down on Human Rights, Shinawatra Found to Have Abused Power, and Questions About Iraq’s Upcoming Elections

Here is your R&D top five for Februrary 26th:

Death of dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo leads to clampdown in Cuba from the Times of London

Former Thai Leader Guilty of Abusing Power for Gain from the New York Times

Iraq’s Uncertain Future: Elections and Beyond from the International Crisis Group

UN deplores Gaddafi call for anti-Swiss ‘jihad’ from the BBC

Genocidaires Should Be Hunted Down and Punished – Sarkozy from the New Times (Rwanda)