January 2011
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The making of a police state: From the battle of...
A poignant video circulated online among Egyptian activists in the days leading up to 25 January, or Egypt’s Police Day. The clip features black-and-white footage illustrating the heroism of Egyptian police in Ismailiya on 25 January, 1952. At the time, police officers defied British orders to withdraw from the city, throwing themselves into an unequal battle with one of the World’s most...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/nyregion/29asylum...
“Amid international outcry over news of the Czech Republic’s testing the veracity of claims of purportedly gay asylum seekers by attaching genital cuffs to monitor their arousal while they watched pornography, some gay refugees and their advocates in New York are complaining that they can be penalized for not outwardly expressing their sexuality.”
The Disaster Accountability Project estimates that a year after nearly $11 billion was raised or pledged (“Text HAITI! to donate $10!), only half has been spent. In some cases, not even that. By November, Catholic Relief Charities had reported spending just 32 percent of the $192 million it raised for Haiti.
Many NGOs say the reason they are reluctant to spend more is that it may be...
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