by Robin Kirk | Jan 30, 2008 | Robin Kirk
This week, my “Human Rights Activism” class welcomed Verónica Cruz Sánchez, a human rights activist from Guanajuato, Mexico. With Las Libres, the group she helped found, Cruz works not only to stop domestic and sexual violence, but specifically and...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 24, 2008 | Robin Kirk
The Los Angeles Times caught up with Jo Rosano, the mother of Marc Gonsalves, in an article published today. Gonsalves, an American, has been a hostage of the Colombian guerrillas known as the FARC since February 2003 — almost five years now. Since the...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 21, 2008 | Robin Kirk
California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma has introduced a bill in Sacramento that would require companies with touring plastination exhibits to prove that the corpses were obtained through consent. Ma wrote the bill after touring “Body Worlds 2,” the Gunther von...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 10, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Who knew that the Old North State would convoke a subcommittee to consider outlawing torture? Yet on January 18, the Torture Offense Subcommittee will meet in Raleigh for the first time to study what punishment they might recommend for people who engage or plan...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 8, 2008 | Robin Kirk
In the January 17, 2008, issue of the New York Review of Books, Michael Massing published a very good piece on the “Inside Iraq” blog maintained by correspondents for the McClatchy Newspapers. Since this media company has no outlets in Washington, Massing...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 7, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Great cartoon from Rob Rogers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (thanks to Sarah at NoBodies4profit):
