A new report from Amnesty International highlights the disaster of the Iraq war: Iraq remains one of the most dangerous places in the world. Its refugee crisis is worsening. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, an estimated 4.7 million have been displaced…
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Uncensor
Amnesty International Australia yesterday launched its campaign to highlight China’s human rights abuses in this Olympic year. Uncensor focuses especially on internet repression and the involvement of Western internet multinationals in this worrying practice (actually the subject of my forthcoming book.) I’m working with Amnesty in the next months, writing and talking about these issues.