Bradley Manning, the US army private who leaked thousands of government documents to Wikileaks, was found guilty of espionage. The Espionage Act, an antiquated US law, fails to protect both the public’s right to information and the speaker’s right to disclose matters of pressing public interest.
All eyes are on Zimbabwe, where voters will go to the polls tomorrow. Those responsible for widespread violence and killings following Zimbabwe's 2008 elections have still not been held accountable.
In Cambodia, the opposition party is rejecting the reelection of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party, claiming voting irregularities.
Along with the UK, France, the Netherlands, the US has spent millions of dollars supporting new tools to protect the digital privacy of human rights activists globally. But these governments have seemingly adopted the very surveillance tactics they have spent millions to help online activists evade.
UN Security Council language reinforced the need for impartial justice in the aftermath of Côte d’Ivoire’s bloody civil conflict.
Middle East peace talks are underway, but not everyone is happy about it. Several hundred people gathered in downtown Ramallah in the West Bank yesterday afternoon to demonstrate against the US-brokered resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Police beatings and arbitrary arrests of demonstrators allegedly followed.EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsy yesterday evening. Ashton's visit followed the most violent clash since the military overthrew Morsy on July 3, leaving more than 70 pro-Morsi protestors dead in Cairo on Saturday.
