Using Social Media for Social Change: Mallika Dutt
With nearly one-tenth of the world’s 7 billion people connected with each other through online social strings, social media fad has almost reached its frothy peak. While online social games…
Social Game to Change the Future of America
“America 2049” players portray agents assigned by Jefferson Williams II (Garber) to capture fugitive Ken Asaba (Perrineau). As gameplay unfolds, they encounter an America splintered by race and ethnicity, hostile…
Amnesty Calls for Human Rights Reform in Egypt
Activist organization Amnesty International has called on Egypt’s authorities to end 30 years of repressive emergency rule and allow ordinary Egyptians to fully participate in shaping the country’s future. The…
China Bullying Others to Boycott Nobel Ceremony
On Friday, Dec. 10, the Nobel Committee will award jailed Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Peace Prize, as Chinese government officials continue to trample human rights and bully other…
Human Rights Outfit Welcomes Suu Kyi Release
Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist organization Amnesty International has welcomed the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a prisoner of conscience, from house arrest in Myanmar (formerly called Burma). Suu…
Obama Ignored Outcries of Sikh Widows: Statement
By Rakesh Raman President and Michelle Obama visited India on an economic mission and despite outcries from human rights organizations the President did not address India’s terrible human rights record…