UN sending mission to Sri Lankan conflict zone, but will they be allowed in?
Yesterday, I wrote that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had announced that a U.N. humanitarian team would be sent to the…
April 24, 2009
Israel's Investigation into Gaza Offensive More Than Disappointing
The Israeli Army (IDF) this week concluded that its forces had committed no violations during the recent Gaza military offensive.…
April 24, 2009
Govt Running Out the Clock on Torture
(As originally posted on Daily Kos) Let’s be clear, calls to allow the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct…
April 24, 2009
Obama Drops Resistance to Investigating Torture
President Obama gingerly retreated Tuesday from his resistance to a Congressionally-authorized commission of inquiry to investigate US detention and interrogation…
April 23, 2009
Distinguishing between civilians and Tigers
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister said today that since Monday, over 100,000 civilians had fled the remaining area controlled by the…
April 23, 2009
Tweet to help Amnesty win $100k for human rights!
Today, please send Twitter messages supporting Amnesty International to actor Hugh Jackman @RealHughJackman. The actor is asking fans to help…
April 23, 2009
As Zimbabwe turns 29, statements are not enough
As originally posted on the Daily Kos In advance of talks with Zimbabwe's finance minister Tendai Biti next weekend in…
April 22, 2009
Missing the Point
As originally posted on the Daily Kos The former Head of the CIA, General Michael Hayden, has publicly stated his…
April 22, 2009
Yoland Foster, AI's researcher on Sri Lanka, Comments on the Current Crisis
Watch Yolanda Foster comment on the concerns for civilians still caught up in the fighting in Sri Lanka: » English…
April 22, 2009
How the Situation Looks in Sri Lanka
Recent satellite images from the UN agency UNOSAT offer a glimpse of the drama currently unfolding in Sri Lanka. As…
April 22, 2009
New Report Confirms Hamas' Deadly Campaign During Gaza War
Human Rights Watch (HRW) this week released a report detailing the unlawful killings and torture of Palestinians by Hamas during…
April 22, 2009
The Latest from Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
Today I was out around different areas of the Reservation visiting various Aunties and other women elders who participated in the Maze of Injustice report…
April 22, 2009