Celebs Come Out to End Slavery
Nobel Peace Prize winning UN agency the International Labour Organization has launched an awareness raising campaign to end slavery, supported by Hollywood celebrities. Produced by the Abaunza Group and spearheaded with a video by Jada Pinkett Smith, the campaign features notables such as Cher, Oliver Stone, Mila Kunis, Ron Howard,...
Tens of thousands mark Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Monday night, holding up candles and glowing cellphones to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in a ceremony that included comment from one of China’s highest profile human rights activists. The crowd, which according to...
Shirin Ebadi on Iran and sanctions
Almost a decade ago, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human-rights lawyer, became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But the government in Tehran has never taken kindly to her criticism of the regime, especially in regard to women’s rights. In the aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s highly...