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Aug 8 2012 5:56PM
Jihadists in Mali target journalists.

Please read this report from Reporters Without Borders which documents how the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) is targeting bona fide journalists doing their jobs in the city of Gao. http://en.rsf.org/mali...

Aug 7 2012 6:12PM
Free Pussy Riot, freedom of expression and creative protest

‘We came with what we have and can: with our musical performance.’ Artful understatement from Pussy Riot’s Nadia Tolokonikovoy . For what they ‘have’, and what they ‘can’, is this . Thanks to them, it’s only a matter of time before I...

Aug 7 2012 1:47PM
Human Trafficking - A new tool to assist campaigners.

I'm involved with a new project that aims to assist individuals and organisations trying to combat human trafficking. The Human Trafficking Awareness Index is a collaboration with LexisNexis UK - w ww.lexisnexis.co.uk - a leading...

Aug 2 2012 12:11PM
You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo - Omar Khadr's Story

Last week marked 10 years since 15-year-old Canadian citizen, Omar Khadr, was taken into American custody in Afghanistan. Today, Omar is still detained in Guantanamo Bay. The Children’s Human Rights Network recently held a screening of...

Aug 2 2012 12:49AM
Justifying abuse kills hope for a human rights revolution in Syria

It is true that one can say they want a new Syria where all people's human rights are respected AND cheer the brutal extrajudicial execution of members of the notorious Berri clan in Aleppo. This is possible but let’s be clear; it...