by Robin Kirk | Dec 12, 2007 | Robin Kirk
After the civil war, Central North Carolina became a hotbed for the Ku Klux Klan. Formed in Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers, the KKK quickly spread and became a vehicle for some whites, including law enforcement officers, elected officials and businessmen, to...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 9, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Robyn Dixon has been writing incredible, heart-breaking stories about the man-made crisis in Zimbabwe. In today’s Los Angeles Times, she describes the wide-ranging famine created by President Robert Mugabe’s corrupt and murderous rule. In the countryside,...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 5, 2007 | Robin Kirk
The Washingtonian featured an interesting interview with Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent responsible for capturing the Pakistani who shot five people, killing two, outside CIA headquarters in 1993. Four years later, Garrett captured Mir Aimal Kansi in Pakistan and...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 4, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Waterboarding Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal Protestors outside and in Duke University’s Page Auditorium met Karl Rove’s visit with a reminder of what the Bush Administration has done to human rights. One person simulated the torture technique known as...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 30, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Today, the Colombian government released a video captured from the guerrillas known as the FARC. In the video were images of some of the hostages guerrillas keep in jungle captivity. In kidnapping parlance, this is “proof of life” and used to continue...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 26, 2007 | Robin Kirk
The HUB is a new site created by Witness, a human rights group that seeks to create “the world’s first participatory media site for human rights.” At the site, people can post human rights video and words as a way of bringing violations to public...
