Bangladesh Executes Five For Killing Independence Leader
I was going to write asking for readers of this blog to write to the Bangladeshi authorities and urge them…
January 27, 2010
Relief funds help Guantanamo Uighur move forward
Corrected 2/4/10 An attorney with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel contacted me two months ago to ask for my assistance…
January 26, 2010
Iran's Beleaguered Baha'i Minority Faces Serious Threat
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community are currently on trial on serious, but baseless, charges that could lead to the…
January 26, 2010
Update on Haiti and yesterday's conference in Canada
The earthquake in Haiti caused unimaginable destruction and grief for a country that was already the poorest in the Western…
January 26, 2010
Hey India, Help Free Aung San Suu Kyi
India should use it's democratic cred and influence as a rising global power to help Aung San Suu Kyi and…
January 24, 2010
International Community has an Opportunity to Send Iran’s Government a Clear Message on Human Rights
The world has watched in horror as the unrelenting violence in Iran continues to unfold several months after the disputed…
January 24, 2010
Soccer, Terrorism, Repression and Constitutions in Angola
The new decade started off with a bang in Angola-literally. Fireworks exploded in the night sky at the opening games…
January 23, 2010
Health Care Reform: Back to Human Rights Basics
In a turbulent week in U.S. politics that saw the president abandoning his promise of universal health insurance and the…
January 22, 2010
Playing Al Qaeda's Game
Speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fort Hood shootings last Thursday Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) announced,…
January 22, 2010
Human Rights Agenda for Sri Lanka
In advance of Sri Lanka's presidential election on January 26, we've issued a 10-point Human Rights Agenda. We're asking that…
January 21, 2010
State Death Penalty Debates Begin
As we move deeper into January, most state legislative sessions have begun. The unifying feature in all these state legislatures…
January 21, 2010
We're Going to #CloseGitmo!
Another January 11th Guantanamo anniversary has come and gone, and still 198 men are detained at the facility (and hundreds more…
January 21, 2010