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Apr 28 2008 6:41PM
Rebiya Kadeer: via graphic art from Brazen City

The story of Rebiya Kadeer, exiled Chinese human rights activist and president of the World Uighur Congress, is told in striking graphic art form on the new Belfast online magazine Brazen City . She is a courageous woman – even her...

Apr 28 2008 2:04PM
Shocking acts in the name of honour

The Observer reported a shocking story yesterday about an Iraqi teenage girl who was murdered by her father for falling in love with a British soldier. 17-year-old Rand Abdel-Qader was subjected to an ‘honour’ killing after her family...

Apr 28 2008 12:43PM
Tibet update

Source: China Digital Times These updates of recent events since 10 March 2008 in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser’s blog . They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently...

Apr 27 2008 1:03PM
One more film worth seeing:  

The US soldier back from tour on Iraq sobs into his wife's shoulder as he tells how he is haunted by the rape and killing of a fifteen-year-old Iraqi woman by his fellow soldiers. All around him, his homecoming party calls out...

Apr 25 2008 1:06PM
A Stunning Success

To the SNP Spring Conference, where a motion on Tasers awaits the attention of delegates. For those of you who have never typed "taser abuse" into Youtube these are pistol-shaped electro-shock weapons. They fire two metal probes that...