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The End of the Whistleblower? The fate of Manning and Assange
The fact that WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is living his life in total political exile and that the website biggest source of information, Bradley Manning, is facing up to life imprisonment has revealed the cold and clear message: whistleblowing about American war crimes comes with a price. Manning had been tortured while in custody by … Continue reading
Former Guatemalan Dictator to Stand Trial
Photograph: Saul Martinez/EPA Former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayans while presiding over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala’s civil war (1982-1983). He is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court. Ríos Montt … Continue reading
2012 Year in Pictures: Part I
2012 Year in Pictures: Part I. As we celebrate another year, look back on 2012 in images. Some of these are compelling, others shocking. Images often speak louder than words ever could.
Egypt-led truce hopes crumble as Gaza rocket rattles Tel Aviv
Reblogged from National Post | News: GAZA — Egypt tried to open a tiny window to emergency peace diplomacy in Gaza on Friday, but hopes for even a brief ceasefire while its prime minister was inside the bombarded enclave to talk to leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement were immediately dashed. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil … Continue reading
Women’s-Only Transportation: A band-aid for a deep wound?
Standing on a crowded metro platform in busy Guadalajara, I anxiously looked around trying to guess which car was likely to have the fewest people, the most free seats, and the least creepy fellow passengers. I love traveling, and public transportation is often the way to go, but sometimes one must admit to the fact … Continue reading
Beyond Freetown
Check out English visual anthropologist Kieran Hanson’s proposed documentary Beyond Freetown: The Moa River Journey | Sponsume. Here is his official blurb: Kieran Hanson is a documentary film-maker from Lancashire, UK. He recently attained his MA Visual Anthropology from the Granada Centre, University of Manchester. His thesis was an ethnographic film project carried out over the … Continue reading
Burma Beneath the Veil
It’s all over the news. Burma is “thawing.” The United States and the EU have suspended their sanctions. Democratic party leader Aung San Su Kyi has been elected to parliament in the most significant election after twenty years of house arrest. However, her party has refused to take its allotted 43 seats in parliament due … Continue reading
What about Afghanistan? thoughts from above.
The terminal bustled with human and automated chatter. The airport was packed. Drowsily, I made my way through security and boarded, falling asleep shortly after we took off. On the way to London from New Delhi a week ago, I hadn’t expected what I would see, and I was even less prepared for what I … Continue reading
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Gives Lesson on Peace in San Diego
by Andy Paul and Phil Acuña His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet lectured at both the University of California San Diego and the University of San Diego yesterday, and will speak at San Diego State University this morning as a part of the three university’s San Diego Symposium “Compassion Without Borders: Science, Peace, … Continue reading
SRI LANKA: Army prepares rebuttal to UN report
by Andy Paul The Sri Lankan military issued a response to United Nations’ calls for the Sri Lankan government and military to address wartime human rights violations December 2. Under direction of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a panel was formed in May 2010 to assess the actions of the Sri Lankan government related to the … Continue reading
