Zimbabwe is the new Pakistan?
Remember two years ago when then President Musharraf removed the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, setting off howls of…
May 20, 2009
International access needed to Sri Lankan former war zone
For those who haven't already heard, the Sri Lankan government announced today that its forces had defeated the opposition Liberation…
May 19, 2009
Sri Lanka arrests three doctors
I'm very worried. In the final days of the war between the Sri Lankan government and the opposition Tamil Tigers,…
May 19, 2009
Global Day of Action for Troy Davis – Today!
Today is the Global Day of Action for Troy Davis. Over 150 events in 45 state, DC, Puerto Rico, and…
May 19, 2009
Red Cross: Sri Lankan war zone a "humanitarian catastrophe"
The International Committee of the Red Cross today described the Sri Lankan war zone as "an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe."Â For…
May 15, 2009
Disappearance of Sri Lankan human rights defender
It's not only the war zone in northern Sri Lanka where people are at risk.  On May 7, Stephen Sunthararaj was…
May 15, 2009
Life for Darfuri Refugees in Chad Still Desperate
Amnesty International researchers just completed a mission to Chad to investigate the growing number of Darfuri refugees there. Alex Neve,…
May 15, 2009
The Hits Keep Coming from Obama
(As originally posted on Daily Kos) And the hits just keep coming. Despite its pledge to reintroduce greater transparency to…
May 15, 2009
The Name Says It All: Burma's Insein Prison
Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been brought to the country's infamous Insein (pronounced…
May 15, 2009
International tribunal needed on Sri Lanka
While the fighting in Sri Lanka's war zone reportedly intensified today, we saw a couple of firsts in terms of…
May 14, 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi Charged Today in Myanmar
Myanmar’s (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after…
May 14, 2009
Irony, Zimbabwe Style
Last week, 18 human rights defenders and political activists in Zimbabwe had their bail revoked, sent to prison and then…
May 13, 2009