Taking a Mother’s Child Away By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/taking-mothers-child-away One of the good things about speaking at big conferences is that people come up to you afterwards believing you have the power to change the world. One of the bad things about speaking at big conferences is that people come up to [...]
Anwar Ibrahim found not guilty of sodomy Malaysian politician says justice has been served and pledges to topple the government in next elections Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted in a surprise end to a politically-charged sodomy trial. The popular leader has called the trial a government bid to cripple his [...]
Amanda Knox at a pre-trial court hearing in Perugia, Italy, in 2008. Photograph: Daniele La Monaca/REUTERS The Italian appeal court judge who freed Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in October after they spent four years in jail for killing British student Meredith Kercher has criticised almost every stage of the investigation that led to their convictions. In a 143-page [...]
Child rape is one of the fastest growing crimes in Jamaica [Photo: Thomas Devenishek] When a jury acquitted a Jamaican-born American pastor of carnal abuse charges in June, outraged islanders were forced to recognise that cultural norms seem to be promoting the sexual abuse of young girls. Just over two years ago, in June 2009, [...]
Expert: bin Laden’s DNA results are inconsistent Elizabeth Sehon A Fort Worth DNA expert says that no results from DNA samples from Osama bin Laden’s body after he was killed in a U.S. raid on his hideout in Pakistan have been disclosed by U.S. government officials and that any media reports about the [...]
Questions about the Obama Osama Drama Tue, 05/03/2011 – 13:40 — Anonymous by: Yasmeen Ali Lahore, Pakistan — I am incredulous! I’ll say one thing: this US Special Forces operation deserves a standing ovation for immaculate execution. Except that some details do get confusing. Maybe I’m just slow, but truly, viewing the still pictures of the compound where [...]
