Last weekend, several Thacher students attended the Amnesty International Western Regional Conference in Los Angeles. When I spoke with Liam Carpenter-Urquhart, he described the conference enthusiastically, “I was inspired by the passion of all of the speakers and people I …
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Drones- Casey Gaughan
Drones (specifically, drone attacks by the US) what it is: an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control US currently sending drones into Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia, mostly to wipe out Al Qaeda as part of ‘war on …
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1000 Cranes Project
Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan film-maker, was arrested in March 2008. His film series of interviews with Tibetans on their opinions of the Beijing Olympics and Chinese occupation led to his sentence of 6 years in a labour camp, known for …
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U.S. Move Towards Gun Regulation?
Here’s a bit of good news for Human Rights. The U.S. signed the Arms Trade Treaty. This will potentially reduce the number of arms exported that are a risk to human rights. http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/its-official-united-states-signs-u-n-arms-trade-treaty
Execution Crisis in Iraq
Executions in Iraq have recently reached their highest levels since the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s government. 132 executions have been reported this year, but it is likely many more have been concealed by the government. The vast majority of those …
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