In Russia, Who is Restricting the Russian Internet?
Region: Russian Federation
Written by Marina Litvinovich, Global Voices On 18 April, 2011, American non-profit organisation Freedom House issued a report on Internet freedom in the world. The report, “Freedom on the Net 201... more
Views: 1480In Light of Gay Parenting on the Rise, New York Author Offers Inspiration on Self- Acceptance
Region: United States
(Syracuse, NY) CNN reported that data from the most recent U.S. Census shows that the South has the largest share of gay parents in the country. The story then went on to quote Gary Gates, a demographer ... more
Views: 2257Wisconsin Republicans Ignore Court Order
Region: Wisconsin
Earlier this week, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a restraining order to stop publication of the Wisconsin law eliminating collective bargaining rights for public workers. Publication in the Wisconsin ... more
Views: 2108Sharia rally in nation's capital to feature radical Islamist
Region: United StatesThe Mahdi created a massive army of followers who decided on the way to worshiping in Damascus —and while there, occupying Syria — they would overthrow the governments of the Sudan, Egypt and other nations. Whe... more
Views: 1277The American Hikers Face the Iranian Judicial System
Region: IranTEHRAN---The trial of the three American hikers is formally under way. Sarah Shourd is being tried in absentia because she is in the United States and has not returned to Iran. Shourd posted a $500,000.00 bai... more
Views: 2676US Courts Provide Legal Redress to Victims of Torture in Iran
Region: IranNEW YORK----Many Iranian lawyers, journalists, political dissidents, and members of religious minorities have been reportedly arrested and held in prison without due process of law. According to International Cam... more
Views: 1925Opposition to Obama Health Care Law Still Fierce
Region: District of ColumbiaWASHINGTON-- United States is the only industrialized nation without universal health care for its citizens. Virtually, every other country around the globe provides its citizens with some form of government subsidize... more
Views: 1896Why Independent Judiciary Matters
Region: United StatesThe essential building blocks of a democratic society are governance based on the rule of law and the existence of independent judiciary. Notwithstanding the society's heterogeneity or homogeneity, the rule o... more
Views: 1898What It’s Like to Chill Out With Whom the Rest of the World Considers As The Most Ruthless Men: Ra
Region: United States
What It’s Like to Chill Out With Whom the Rest of the World Considers As The Most Ruthless Men: Ratko Mladic, Goran Hadzic and Radovan Karadzic (+) Confessions of a Female War Crimes Investigator sites.go... more
Views: 1291A Bipartisan Race for Immigration Reform? Film Shows 2003 Fight
Region: District of Columbia
Who's really running the country? In 2003 documentary The Kids Across The Hill, young 20-something staffers for Republican Arizona Congressmen Jeff Flake and Jim Kolbe race Senator Ted Kennedy and his Immigration Counsel ... more
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