Sri Lanka: While the UN talks, the killing goes on
While members of the U.N. Security Council met informally in New York yesterday to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri…
May 12, 2009
"Finding Goodness Where You Least Expect It" – Interview with WOZA Founder Jenni Williams
Anyone who met Jenni Williams and her colleague Magodonga Mahlangu at AIUSA's Annual General Meeting this Spring knows what amazing,…
May 12, 2009
Satellite Imagery Offers Glimpse on Sri Lankan War Zone
New satellite imagery analysis released by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offers a glimpse on Sri…
May 12, 2009
UN: bloodbath now in Sri Lanka
Yesterday, a doctor working in Sri Lanka's war zone reported that at least 378 people were killed by shelling over the…
May 11, 2009
Roxana Saberi Freed!
We're happy to report that American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was freed from prison in Iran! Roxana had been given an…
May 11, 2009
Sri Lanka: Red Cross needs security guarantees
Yesterday, a ferry chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated 495 sick and injured patients from…
May 8, 2009
Good News from Chevron: Toxic Waste Won't Make You Sick!
The thousands of communities living among Texaco’s decades-old toxic waste pits in the Amazon will be so relieved! It turns…
May 8, 2009
Not So Merry Go 'Round of Justice in Zimbabwe
It's a bad time to be defender of human rights in Zimbabwe. Late last year, Zimbabwe authorities abducted eighteen human…
May 8, 2009
Shocking video from Sri Lankan camp for displaced civilians
I just watched a shocking video from Channel 4 News, a British television company, taken inside one of the camps…
May 7, 2009
Make It the Best Mother's Day!
Ground-breaking legislation that could help end violence against women around the world is currently in Senator Kerry's hands – just…
May 7, 2009
Amnesty Researchers On-the-Ground in Chad
Amnesty International researchers are currently on-the-ground in Chad investigating the growing numbers of refugees streaming across the border from Darfur. …
May 6, 2009
Why Madonna May Be Good for Malawi
Madonna’s appeal to a Malawi court regarding her adoption of a little girl was heard this week. Personally, I could…
May 6, 2009