Zimbabwe aid feeds only crocodiles

If Britain offers Zimbabwe development assistance this week, it may well be used to shore up Mugabe's abusive regime

We cannot Ignore Sri Lanka

Instead of applying pressure, the international community has dithered over Sri Lanka. As a result, civilians continue to die.

Ending Chechnya’s counterterrorism operation - or not

By Tanya Lokshina, published on open Democracy News Analysis (http://www.opendemocracy.net) on April 27, 2009

Guard against the guardians

President Obama visited the CIA headquarters this week to try to reassure staff that their intelligence-gathering work would not be compromised by the release of the so-called ‘torture’ memos. But the revelations cast a shadow over the work of the US inte

The Killing Goes on in Gaza

Human Rights Watch has gathered disturbing testimony that Hamas is responsible for brutal sectarian attacks in Gaza

Taking a Stand on Racism

Give Adequate Health Care to Women Jailed by ICE

Prison and Drugs: State often denies help, then isolates in-prison users

Addiction Behind Bars

Our Own Strongman

The Fujimori Verdict

The power of horror in Rwanda

Fifteen years ago, efforts at genocide killed about 800,000 Rwandans. Now that tragedy is providing the government with a cover for repression.

Prison Nation

Uganda: Accounts of Torture

AU/ICC: Hold the Line on Bashir