Human Rights

Written by Gilad Lotan

In this post, we reflect on Egyptian blogger Hani Morsi's writing about technology driven activism and the role social media plays in providing incremental societal change. Hani's core argument focuses on the long term effects of social media. Rather than looking at it as a cathartic outlet for the oppressed, he stresses its value in making an otherwise impossible popular political discourse possible.

Written by Sara Moreira

Written by Oiwan Lam

Since his release from prison on September 8, 2010, blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has been held under 24 hour home surveillance by security police in Shandong, a province in eastern China.

Written by Alexey Sidorenko

By Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lynn Palermo · View original post [fr]

By Sasa Milosevic

A U.S.-based Serbian couple Vuk and Verica Nastic have been going through hell since June 2010, when the U.S. Child Protection Agency (CPA) took away their children, son Damjan, 8, and daughter Nastasija, 5, because of alleged negligence and sexual abuse.

By Mong Palatino

By Alexey Sidorenko

By Sara Moreira · Translated by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · View original post [pt]

By David Reid