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posted by Genevi
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
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'A young man, a student of journalism, is sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading a report from the internet. The sentence is then upheld by the country's rulers. This is Afghanistan – not in Taliban times but six years after "liberation" and under the democratic rule of the West's ally Hamid Karzai.' |
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posted by shaftesbury
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
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The Louverture Project is an online Wiki dedicated to documenting Haitian history, and in particular the Haitian Revolution, an ephocal event in human history--the first revolution to eliminate slavery, and therefore the first to take seriously the ideas of freedom and equality. |
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posted by Genevi
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
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A new report, released by the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International, details alarming global trends in privacy protection and surveillance. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of surveillance and privacy protection. |
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posted by shaftesbury
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Friday, 28 December 2007 |
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A tourist from Iceland, Erla Ósk Arnardóttir Lillendahl, visiting New York on Christmas vacation in December of 2007, complained that she was treated like a dangerous criminal when stopped by Homeland Security officials for having overstayed an earlier visit over ten years ago. |
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