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Zambia: Stop Prosecuting People for Homosexuality

by Human Rights Watch on May 19, 2013

Zambian authorities should dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts. The police should immediately cease forensic anal examinations, which are intrusive, invasive and constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in violation of international law.

(Nairobi) - Zambian authorities should dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts, Human Rights Watch said. The police should immediately cease forensic anal examinations, which are intrusive, invasive and constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in violation of international law.

An open letter to marijuana prohibitionists and so-called third-way-ers

Dear sons of SAM and daughters of the American prohibition; to all the treatment industry, drug testing, private prison, and sheriff union lobbyists; and, of course, to our friends who are required by law to lie:

I keep hearing Continue →

by Pete May 19, 2013

Energy Healing

by Damon Mathews May 19, 2013

Burma: Telecoms Risk Complicity in Surveillance, Censorship

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by Human Rights Watch May 19, 2013

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON HEARS PAKISTANIS PROTEST AGAINST ALTAF HUSSAIN (MQM PARTY)

PHOTOS OF CAMPAIGNERS TAKING TO THE STREETS TO HIGHLIGHT TARGET KILLINGS IN KARACHI ALLEGEDLY MASTERMINDED FROM LONDON http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-101630-British-PM-takes-notice-of-PTI-protest-in-London Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad. Continue →

by c.grayson May 19, 2013

Sec. Kerry to Travel to the Middle East

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

From May 21 to May 27, Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East. His visit will begin in Oman, and then he will move to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank. In Continue →

by Andi May 19, 2013

Podcast

A friend of mine who writes under the handle of “Occasionally Wrong” has a podcast that he uses whenever there’s a topic that makes him mad, and he invited me to join him on his newest episode: Am I Mad? Continue →

by Pete May 19, 2013

How the story of Palestinian free flight was made up

Palestinian citizens of Israel, joined by Jewish Israelis organized by the activist group Zochrot, return to the destroyed village of al-Ruways, March 30, 2013. All structures in Al-Ruways were destroyed and the original residents forcibly displaced to nearby Tamra by Continue →

by sarahbenton May 19, 2013

Indonesia: Petition to Save the Forest of Aceh

Rudi Putra initiated an online petition asking the Indonesian government to block the expansion of mining and palm oil activities in Aceh and to protect the country's remaining rainforest. More than one million people around the world have already signed Continue →

by Mong Palatino May 19, 2013

Tibetans denied permission to protest as Premier Li lands in India

Building on to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s maiden visit to India, security presence around Tibetan residential areas in New Delhi has been drastically increased and local authorities have rejected a request for public protest

by Phayul Latest News May 18, 2013

This week at the Court

At 9:30 a.m. on Monday we expect orders from the May 16 Conference. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for that Conference is here. At 10 a.m. we expect opinions in argued cases. We will begin live blogging shortly before Continue →

by Kali Borkoski May 18, 2013

Israel: Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out

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by Human Rights Watch May 18, 2013

FYRP: This Will Be on the Test

After escaping the clutches of a term paper draft, it returns!

Associated Press | Whoops. Seems like the people in charge of the most powerful weapons known to man just weren’t up to the job, and needed a bit of extra Continue →

by harry May 18, 2013

Profits and reputation fall for G4S who grew rich by imprisoning people

Nick Buckles, CEO of G4S; his future is in jeopardy after ‘humiliating shambles’ of failure to fulful Olympics contract and questions about acquisitions. Questions about his company’s role in the oPt also need to be asked.

From the Stop G4S campaign

Stop Continue →

by sarahbenton May 18, 2013

Solicitor General files invitation briefs for June 6 Conference

Every Term, thousands of litigants file petitions for certiorari, asking the Justices to review their cases on the merits. In roughly a dozen, the Justices initially neither grant nor deny review. Instead, they issue an order “invit[ing] the Solicitor General Continue →

by Amy Howe May 18, 2013

Jimmy Carter on drug policy

“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession Continue →

by Pete May 18, 2013

Did the Keystone XL Environmental Contractor and the State Department Act Inappropriately or Illegally? [Greg Laden's Blog]

Several environmental advocacy groups are asking the US State Department to launch an investigation over the State Department’s handling of the Keystone XL review.

This is a bit nuanced but important, and I want to make clear what is going Continue →

by Greg Laden May 18, 2013

Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms

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by Human Rights Watch May 18, 2013

‘West must unite against China’s bullying’

In a hard-hitting article written by prominent journalist Edward Lucas, the author advocates for democratic governments in the West to unite in resisting “Chinese bullying” against those who meet Tibet’s exiled leaders. Lucas, who is International Editor of The Economist

by Phayul Latest News May 17, 2013

Issue: (1) Whether the federal savings bond statute and regulations impliedly preempt longstanding state unclaimed property laws, where the statute and regulations are wholly Continue →

by Mary Dwyer May 17, 2013

Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence

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by Human Rights Watch May 17, 2013

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Zambia: Stop Prosecuting People for Homosexuality

An open letter to marijuana prohibitionists and so-called third-way-ers

Energy Healing

Burma: Telecoms Risk Complicity in Surveillance, Censorship

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON HEARS PAKISTANIS PROTEST AGAINST ALTAF HUSSAIN (MQM PARTY)

Sec. Kerry to Travel to the Middle East

Podcast

How the story of Palestinian free flight was made up

Indonesia: Petition to Save the Forest of Aceh

Tibetans denied permission to protest as Premier Li lands in India

This week at the Court

Israel: Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out

FYRP: This Will Be on the Test

Profits and reputation fall for G4S who grew rich by imprisoning people

Solicitor General files invitation briefs for June 6 Conference

Jimmy Carter on drug policy

Did the Keystone XL Environmental Contractor and the State Department Act Inappropriately or Illegally? [Greg Laden's Blog]

Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms

‘West must unite against China’s bullying’

Exile Tibetan administration, scholars express concern over Lhasa’s ‘destruction’

China: Revise Disability Regulations for Education

Petition of the day

Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence

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