Although Edward Snowden has formally applied for “temporary asylum” in Russia, the real debate should focus on the serious issues raised by the information he has disclosed about surveillance programs.
A teacher in Kuwait was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tweets posted to her Twitter account, although she said she didn’t post them.
Will France continue the tradition of forcibly evicting migrant Roma and deporting them from the country?
Turns out the dictator of Turkmenistan isn't the only strongman JLo has crooned for. The UN Security Council will discuss Syria later today. The big question is whether they will be able to demand that all sides grant humanitarian organizations access to civilians and wounded trapped by the fighting. Human Rights Watch published a major new report on China, looking at the huge hurdles children with disabilities face in accessing education. In fact, a substantial number of them receive no education at all.
