“Jail is not effective, flog them all” says Corrections.com
Corrections.com presents itself as a “Comprehensive news site dealing with prison and parole issues, including jobs available across the country”. For those, like me, of …
The “kill team” in Afghanistan
German weekly Spiegel has published leaked photos of the human rights violations perpetrated by a group of American soldiers who are now facing court martial …
March 3rd, International Sex Worker Rights Day
The 3rd of March is International Sex Worker Rights Day. The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a …
We are not all Libyan
I see this cutesy thing (no doubt with good intentions) claiming that “today we are all Libyan”. Not only we are not all Libyan but …
Malawi Enacts Criminalization of Sex Between Two Women
From African Activist: Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika has signed a bill into law that criminalises sex between two women. Malawi’s penal code already prohibited …
The Yogyakarta Principles
In 2006, in response to well-documented patterns of abuse, a distinguished group of international human rights experts met in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to outline a set …
Victories? I weep over our “victories”
Just read the 2010’s Top 10 Women’s Rights Victories at Change.org. The fact that some of these achievements, which are basic human rights issues, are …
Food on the table
I don’t know if it is yet another of those weird synchronicities or just the fact that I read similar subjects on a regular basis, …