by Robin Kirk | Oct 29, 2007 | Robin Kirk
This map, published in today’s New York Times, says more than any article about why tensions are so high about the Turkish-Iraqi border. Perhaps because it is also the Syria-Iraq-Turkey border and the Iran-Iraq-Turkey border… The only thing missing is an...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 27, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Today’s New York Times has a fascinating article by Seth Mydans about the man who photographed thousands of Cambodians brought to the infamous Khmer Rouge prison called Tuol Sleng. Nhem En would take their portraits before the captives were taken away to be...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 24, 2007 | Robin Kirk
When this administration finally waves goodbye, I hope that, among other things, George W. Bush is remembered as “the Torture President.” Although his nominees (and his vice-president) are the ones who defend torture in public, Bush should be the one we...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 22, 2007 | Robin Kirk
On October 20, 2007, North Carolina peace activists gathered at the gates of Blackwater USA in Moyock, North Carolina, to protest killings of 17 people at Nisour Square on September 16, 2007. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Army has concluded that the...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 10, 2007 | Robin Kirk
Christina Cowger, Maher Arar and Steve Watt Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal On September 26, the Duke Human Rights Center sponsored an event called “Unheard Voices in the ‘war on terror,'” featuring Canadian Maher Arar (seen on live video from the...
by Robin Kirk | Oct 8, 2007 | Robin Kirk
It has been a year since Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, and her newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, is reporting that government investigators know who killed her. Politkovskaya was a dogged investigator and human rights champion. Russian president Vladimir...
