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...asserted, “There is no humanitarian crisis in the Strip, and therefore there is no need for a humanitarian truce.” That Livni arrived at this conclusion—despite reports from the United Nations, the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Oxfam International and Human Rights Watch??reflects the irreverence with which the Israeli government regards Palestinian lives. Indeed, there is no other explanation. How else could a week of aerial bombing of such a densely populated city and intentionally starving its citizens be justified...

Author: By Nadia O. Gaber | Title: Far from Self-Defense | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

Traditional diplomatic organization like the United Nations have played no role in recent efforts, according to Docherty. Instead, a group known as the Cluster Munitions Coalition, which has over 300 members—including Human Rights Watch??from 80 countries, has been influential in creating the treaty...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Activists Laud Weapons Treaty | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...through, it continues to roll with an impatience for finality and a self-conscious pace that the audience feels. Eastwood, however, does know how to milk a climactic scene for all its worth. One scene in particular is tense to the point where it is almost unbearable to watch??and therefore all the more impossible to ignore. In a time where the public is not at its coziest with bureaucracy, Christine’s story and the ramifications of her actions strike a chord. Eastwood is clearly a master storyteller, but “Changeling” does...

Author: By Naomi C. Funabashi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Changeling' | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...generation was cognizant of Britney Spears. The video doesn’t make me particularly happy to watch??instead, it brings a subdued smile, a remembrance of that time mixed with a melancholy at its having passed...

Author: By Ryder B. Kessler | Title: The Joy of Pepsi | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

What proponents of the ban seem to ignore is that the conditions that “force” female students to wear headscarves do not disappear under the ban. According to Human Rights Watch??an international advocacy organization which has condemned the ban—the policy “has denied thousands of women access to education” by requiring them to abandon part of their religious beliefs to attend universities. To force women to choose between their faith and their future is cruel...

Author: By Max J Kornblith and Daniel P. Robinson | Title: Good Riddance | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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