Julian Assange has nothing to fear about American custody

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8223399/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-fears-death-in-a-US-jail.html First of all, if America accepts Assange into its judicial system, how will he be classified? Will...

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held in Insein jail

Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...

Syria jails human rights activist

"A Syrian human rights activist has been jailed for five years for spreading "hostile information" and joining an illegal political group, lawyers say. Anwar al-Bunni, a prominent advocate for democratic reform in Syria, has been in detention since May 2006. Correspondents...

Human rights lawyer in Cuba threatened to be arrested

Human rights lawyer Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva was threatened to be arrested.  As posted on babalublog.com by Ziva "Gonzalez Leiva frequently speaks out on behalf of other activists and journalists who have come under threat."  Read the rest on babalublog.com and...

Michelle Bachelet Chile's First Female President

Democracy Now has free audio downloads for this radio podcast...A great look at the New President of Chile.  Michelle Bachelet is not only a doctor, a single mom, but also a torture survivor from the ruthless...

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