"N.C. Considers Paying Forced Sterilization Victims"

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137347548/n-c-considers-paying-forced-sterilization-victims

not quite contemporary- although the acknowledgement is. I hope that America confronts this part of its past.

"Syrian Refugee Gives Vivid Description Of Torture"

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137303014/syrian-refugee-gives-vivid-description-of-torture

no less horrific because it is done to an adult.

"WikiLeaks reveals Guantanamo blunders"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/26/3200408.htm

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/04/201142561524783918.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690396/detainees-transferred-or-freed-despite-high-risk

news from the USA of course focusing on those who were released after being identified as dangerous

"Tanks storm town in Syria crackdown"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/25/3200001.htm

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011425142513343584.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135696971/syrian-security-forces-storm-towns-witnesses-say

"Iman Al-Obeid: "Every Day I Am Beaten"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/04/135114911/iman-al-obeidi-every-day-i-am-beaten?sc=fb&cc=fp

apparently out of custody now, but only in a very lose sense.

"Syria: Minister to form cabinet as Douma buries dead"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12950039

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/03/135084924/ex-minister-picked-to-form-new-syrian-government

"Opposition figures arrested in Bahrain"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/17/3166771.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12769168


http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/201131733318735470.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/16/134582341/bahrain-unleashes-forces-on-protesters-camp 

stories from the last few days about the attacks on protesters and opposition in Bahrain. 

"Wis. Assembly Cuts Public Worker Bargaining Rights"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/10/134419331/protests-swell-after-wis-senate-curbs-union-rights

"Saudi Arabia police open fire at protest in Qatif"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12708401

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011311542442538.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/10/134432966/saudi-police-fire-shots-at-protesters

"Union Changes Make Headway In Ohio"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/07/134331339/union-changes-make-headway-in-ohio

"Leaving 'Guantanamo North'"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134176614/leaving-guantanamo-north

"'Guantanamo North': Inside Secretive U.S. Prisons"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/03/134168714/guantanamo-north-inside-u-s-secretive-prisons


http://www.npr.org/2011/03/03/133629696/timeline-the-history-of-guantanamo-north

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/03/134227726/data-graphics-population-of-the-communications-management-units

"Union Battles: A 'National Campaign' Against Labor?"

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/27/134064498/union-battles-a-national-campaign-against-labor

sounds familiar

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/27/134101456/nationwide-rallies-against-wis-anti-union-bill

"China police block tiny protests and harass journalists"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12593687

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/27/134101616/china-uses-whistles-water-and-police-on-protests

After Obama's Gay-Marriage Decision, 'A New World'

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134035020/after-obamas-gay-marriage-decision-a-new-world

"China police break up 'protests' after online appeal"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12517909

and the ABC's story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/20/3143681.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/20/3143645.htm

and NPR's version:

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/20/133912288/china-moves-to-stamp-out-jasmine-revolution

"Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi 'massacre'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12517327

and AJE's story:

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/20112206386812127.html

and NPR's version:

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/20/133912185/deadly-assaults-on-libyan-protesters-reported

"Women Cover War: Dodging Bullets, Sexual Assault"

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133864370/the-sisterhood-of-women-at-war?sc=fb&cc=fp

I hesitated to link this at first, some of you may know how personally I take this and that's not what I want this blog to be about. Also I thought that the initial claims that it was an attempt by Mubarak supporters to draw anger against the protesters was, well, overly speculative (although if its true it worked; just have a look at some of the reactionary blogs for that!). Not that I know (it just looked like taking advantage to me).