How Attacks on DOJ Attorneys Affect You
You might wonder why a person who works on refugee and migrants' rights is blogging about the attack on Department…
March 9, 2010
Texas Judge to Put Death Penalty on Trial
The Texas judge who ruled that the Lone Star State’s death penalty violates basic constitutional rights has revised his order.  Last…
March 9, 2010
Qing Hong Wu Pardoned!
Qing Hong Wu, the individual spotlighted in my previous blog entry has been pardoned by Governor David Paterson of New…
March 8, 2010
WTF, Vedanta Resources
Despite the bad publicity (and sternly worded blog posts from me, here and here), the UK-owned corporation Vedanta Resources and…
March 7, 2010
Texas Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional; Appeal Likely
No one seems to think it will hold up on appeal, but yesterday a recently elected judge in Houston, Texas…
March 6, 2010
Knock on Congress’ Door to Stop Pregnancy-related Deaths
By Chris McGraw, Grassroots Advocacy Director at Amnesty International USA From March 29-April 9th, we're sending clusters of human rights…
March 5, 2010
South Korea's Death Penalty: Forgotten, But Not Gone
South Korea is, to my knowledge, the only place in the world where a former death row inmate went on…
March 4, 2010
The Dalai Lama on Human Rights
On Human Rights Day, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shared his insights into the importance of NGOs in fighting human…
March 3, 2010
The Cancer of Democracy
The take-no-prisoners approach to counterinsurgency adopted by the Sri Lankan government in 2009 was hailed in many corners as evidence…
March 3, 2010
Life Itself Is a Celebration…Unless You're Killed in a Pogrom
The Gujarat state government website features a smiling Chief Minister Narendra Modi touting how "life itself is a celebration" in…
March 1, 2010
World Leaders Unite Against the Death Penalty
By Laura Moye, Amnesty International USA Death Penalty Abolition Campaign Director Imagine President Obama competing with other nations for world…
March 1, 2010
Secretary Clinton: when you go to Guatemala, will you put human rights at the top of your agenda?
I hope that during US Secretary of State Clinton’s March 4th visit to Guatemala, the grave human rights situation, specifically…
February 26, 2010