Buddhist monk Palden Gyatso endured 33 years of torture at the hands of the Chinese government in Tibet's most brutal prison. You are invited to hear his life story -- one of the greatest never told.
Buddhist monk Palden Gyatso endured 33 years of torture at the hands of the Chinese government in Tibet's most brutal prison. You are invited to hear his life story -- one of the greatest never told.
For this tour, interrupted by a back injury and successful treatment for frontman Bono, U2 appears on stage in puffs of smoke reminiscent of our infamous SoCal smog.
Countries must increase the penalty for all forms of nuclear smuggling, including small quantities and scams. Surely nuclear smuggling deserves punishment befitting the gravity of the crime.
Certain topics have always been hard to talk about--rape and sexual abuse ranking high up on that list. And yet we must speak up more because of the many women affected.
Judging from all the alarms coming from Washington's national security establishment, revelation of China's first aircraft carrier poses a major threat to world peace and stability. It does not, but the timing is noteworthy.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been liberated by our solidarity -- and she asks that we now apply the same pressure on behalf of the silenced thousands who remain in detention.
Since her November release from house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi has been "talking and listening" to her followers in Burma. What she was hearing may have surprised her.
On Saturday, 17 male inmates in Burma's Insein Prison joined at least five women who had been on a hunger strike since May 17. This bold and risky move comes on the heels of a "general amnesty" for 14,600 prisoners freed last week.
Whatever relationships Myanmar's business leaders may have with the military regime, sanctioning their dependent children simply isolates the next generation from the West and pushes Myanmar ever closer to China by default.
Emma Larkin, a journalist from Thailand, went to Burma in the aftermath of Nargis to speak to the victims. Larkin painted a picture of towns full of rescue workers, who were trapped with no place to go.
While the Internet has spelled gloom and doom for print media and professional journalism, it has dramatically expanded the communications toolkit for the promotion of human rights.
Every effort should be made to press for desperately needed reforms. The timing of Derek Mitchell's appointment is a clear signal that the U.S. is serious about stepping up engagement.
Visual Projects Spotlight Crises in Congo, Burma, Colombia (New York) -- Three multimedia projects spotlighting global rights crises produced by Huma...
Srdja Popovic, a former Otpor leader and Founder of CANVAS will be speaking at Columbia University next week on the strategy and organization of non-violent revolution.
Women In the World: Stories and Solutions continues to lead and lay the groundwork for amplifying concerns that have too long remained out of view.
The no-fly zone is denying the Libyan people their right to self determination. That may seem like the oddest statement, but watching the grass roots,...
You think Bahrain and Libya have been barbaric in their responses to protests? One shudders to think how Burma's ruling junta would react.
Juggling things to do is such a humdrum part of life these days that no one gives their tasks or their stacks a second thought. On a trip when ther...
The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.
Sadly, money laundering, corruption, and partnerships between violent regimes and willing banks is all too common, even when it's illegal.