"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.

"Syria crisis: Troops move into towns in north"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13802770

"Syrian choppers fire on protesters"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/11/3241529.htm

"Bahraini doctors and nurses charged "

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/20116674812696776.html

horrendous.

"Morocco's uprisings and all the king's men"

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/20116512125272326.html

"Fighting raises Yemen civil war fears"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/201153154824811632.html

could have put this in with the BBC story, but I think its worth noting the differences.

"Yemen forces 'kill 20 protesters' in Taiz"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13592935

this is still happening.

"Yemen: Three die in Sanaa as Hashid tribe fights police"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13506751

"Libya: 'Forced to rape in Misrata'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13502715

as told by 2 soldiers captured by rebel forces. If this is even close to true it is disturbing beyound all reason. All the more so as the motivation for the crime is not discussed and presumably unknown.

"EU slaps sanctions on Syrian president"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/20115239937407663.html

still no talk of invasion, however.
apparently the death toll is now 863- but i think that only includes protestors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13500395

and something i missed while i was sick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13486660

"Syrian army 'surrounds Damascus suburb'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13330069

"Death toll rises as Syria crackdown continues"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011430174959835564.html

and again...

"Uganda Besigye arrest: Call for talks to end unrest"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13249559

"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

"Syrian army 'attacks protest city of Deraa'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13185185

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114255333825461.html

"Egypt unrest: 846 killed in protests - official toll "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13134956

"Syria protests: Assad to lift state of emergency"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13134322

"Gunfire in locked-down Syrian city "

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/201141817736498882.html

"Syria: Clashes at mass Damascus protest"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13097926