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29 October 2007
Torture claim is filed against Rumsfeld in France
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Doreen Carvajal
PARIS: A group of U.S. and European human rights organizations is pursuing a legal complaint against Donald Rumsfeld in a Paris court that accuses the former defense secretary of being responsible for torture.

The group, which...
07 October 2007
Canada refuses entry to CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel Ann Wright
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Medea Benjamin
WASHINGTON - October 3 – Two well-respected US peace activists, CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright, were denied entry into Canada today (Wednesday, October 3). The two women...
05 October 2007
Tiananmen Square, Burmese style
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma is apparently using photos sent to Web sites, TVs and other media to arrest protestors, while praising China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown which turned foreign news videos into virtual wanted posters to...
01 October 2007
Forgetting Gandhi on International Non-violence day
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Pablo Ouziel
October 2nd will mark the birth anniversary of Human Rights Activist, Mahatma Gandhi and for the first time, the United Nations is officially proclaiming this day to be the International Day of Non-violence. Hopefully, on this day we can...
30 September 2007
Airplane hijacker's flight for Burma's freedom
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Burmese man who hijacked a Thai International Airways passenger plane, to publicize his country's struggle against its military regime, says other protestors in Burma should not seize aircraft but find "dramatic" and...
28 September 2007
Burma's bloggers
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dodging a deadly military crackdown, bloggers in Burma are now on the front lines providing news and photos of death and insurrection.

Their Internet blogs, written in Burmese language and grammatically-...

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