Sung-Hee Choi’s parting words about her activism to her interviewer: “It is about love for the people who cannot speak now.”
Jeju Island Activist Sung-Hee Choi Interviewed in Prison
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Human Rights
Human Trafficking in the Gulf Not What It Seems
The idea that a Middle-Eastern country such as the UAE could be making such progress works against this clash of civilizations rhetoric that characterizes the post-9/11 period.
Bahrain and Human Rights
It is becoming painfully obvious that the United States is hostile to the “Arab Spring.” In Egypt, U.S. military aid programs remain in force, and in Yemen a “secret” U.S. war may be in the offing. In the United Arab Emirates plans may be afoot to develop a for-profit rapid reaction force (to crackdown, surely, on UAE citizens for “publicly insulting” their leader). The U.S. government continues to support the Israeli blockade of Gaza. But perhaps the quintessential example of U.S. reactionary policy is in the tiny Kingdom of Bahrain.
What Does Lowballing the Number of Dead Iraqi Civilians Tell Us About Ourselves?
It’s shameful how threatened officials and the media are by accurate estimates of how many civilians died in the Iraq War.
Lagarde’s Victory: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Today many in the developing world continue to be frustrated with the IMF’s structure since it doesn’t reflect the shifting power balance in the global economy.
Freedom Flotillas Will Sail Until Blockade of Gaza Is Lifted
Though Freedom Flotilla II was intercepted, it vows to regroup and fulfill its obligations to the besieged people of Gaza and to the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people around the world who funded and organized this act of solidarity.
Haiti’s Recovery Ultimately Contingent on Education
If education were made more of a priority, Haiti’s future would look much brighter.
Iran Missile Tests Timed to Capitalize on Gates’s Acknowledgment U.S. Tired of War?
It may have been a coincidence but the latest round of Iranian missile tests came seven days after the outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates acknowledged that Americans were “tired of a decade of war.”
Martelly: Haiti’s New Hope
Since the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake, Haitians have seen little improvement in their standard of living. More than 500,000 people remain displaced, the cholera epidemic worsens by the day, the living conditions for women and girls in tent camps are increasingly dangerous, there’s been lack of progress on issues of governance and land tenure, and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid have stalled Haiti’s recovery. Haitians are disillusioned with themselves, their government, and the international community.
Myanmar May Be Closer to Becoming Burma Again Than You Think
Increased fighting by Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, along with low morale in the Myanmar army, suggest that the brutal government might not be as invulnerable to overthrow as previously thought.