Jan 07 2013
USA Today: China promises change to labor camp system
BEIJING – China’s top law enforcement official said Monday that the Communist government is preparing to soften its much-criticized system of labor camps, a decades-old form of punishment in which people can be imprisoned for up to four years without trial.
Meng Jianzhu said at a national political and legal work conference that China will end its use of “re-education through labor” this year though he declined to give specifics. The system has long been denounced …
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The brutal gang rape in Delhi, India of a 23 year old woman who died of her injuries continues to generate protests in India and internationally. With the permission of her family, Indian media have now revealed that her name was Jyoti Singh Pandey. 
The brutal gang rape in Delhi, India of a 23 year old woman who died of her injuries continues to generate protests in India and internationally. With the permission of her family, Indian media have now revealed that her name was Jyoti Singh Pandey. 
The government of Bolivia has announced a new investment of $227 million in water projects in the majority of its municipalities. The projects include potable water and irrigation. Under the oversight of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous President, the Latin American country has undertaken a strong leadership role in the management of its own water resources. 
President Barack Obama rang in the new year by signing into law the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA of 2013 despite his previous threats of vetoing the measure because of several controversial sections. The most contentious part of the law is the one which would allow the military to indefinitely arrest and detain American citizens without charging them …
A new feature film with an all-star cast, attempts to bring to life Latin American Water Wars. A Dark Truth, written and directed by Damien Lee, and starring Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker, and Eva Longoria, fictionalizes the battle between corporate greed and human rights in Ecuador. 
