Matt Kennard on August 9, 2010 0 Comments
Chavez, Morales and Correa must speak out on Iran
Editor's Pick, Politics
Cuba and the language of human rights in the Americas
Salim Lamrani — July 7, 2010 4 Comments
In the West, the name Cuba is inevitably associated with the issue of human rights.European and U.S. media stigmatize the largest island in the Caribbean repeatedly on this matter. No other country in the Americas is so singled out as is the homeland of José Martí, which is subject to media coverage disproportionate to its size. In fact, events that would go unnoticed elsewhere in Latin America or the world are spread immediately by the international press when it comes to Cuba
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Malawi’s jailing of gay couple should outrage all Africans
Michaela Clayton — May 21, 2010 1 Comment
There are days when I am not proud to be an African. Yesterday, Thursday, 20 May 2010 was one of those days. Yesterday, Blantyre Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa sentenced Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga to 14 years in prison with hard labour. They hadn’t killed anyone, or robbed or raped anyone or even hurt anyone. All they had done was to show their love for each other by engaging in a traditional engagement ceremony
Editor's Pick, Social Policy
Investigating Turkish atrocities against their Kurdish population
Gizem Yarbil — December 16, 2009 3 Comments
When I was growing up, everything I heard from Diyarbakir involved death and tragedy. Turkish media has covered the conflict extensively through the years, but generally only from the Turkish military’s point of view. Visuals of crying mothers of dead soldiers, coffins and military funerals on the evening news often accompanied our family dinners. But I don’t remember ever seeing a crying Kurdish mother or anything about the other side of the story on the news. For many of us, Kurds were the enemy, the “Other” that existed to destroy the Turkish people and the nation
Editor's Pick, Politics
The story of William Huang, Falun Gong and human rights activist, imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese Communist dictatorship
Stephanie Lam — March 5, 2009 2 Comments
Hoi Yan Lam talks to William Huang in the US and tells his tragic story of imprisonment, torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, all for practicing his chosen religion, Falun Gong, and speaking out for human rights.
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Hillary Clinton’s spineless toadying to the Chinese dictatorship
Wilson Dizard — February 27, 2009 1 Comment
Hillary Clinton was feted as a human rights advocate, but she’s shown this was all a lie.