Category Archives: Human Rights

In Memoriam: Peter Norman

Posted on October 7, 2006 by Mash

I miss watching the Olympic Games. I lost interest in them sometime in the 1980s after Peter Ueberroth turned the games into a corporate feeding trough. Soon after the Olympics became more about professional athletes and their egos and less … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Society | 6 Comments

The End Of An Era

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Mash

      "Of one thing we may be sure. The future will never have to ask, with misgiving, what could the Nazis have said in their favor. History will know that whatever could be said, they were allowed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Politics, Society, Terrorism, Torture | 27 Comments

Forever Young

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Mash

Today, August 19th, 2006, a little girl named Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi would have become 15-years-old. Instead on March 12th of this year, her life and the lives of her baby sister and her parents were ended by monsters amongst … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Iraq, Personal | 11 Comments

Bend The Truth Like CNN

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Mash

On March 12, 2006 a 14-year-old Iraqi girl named Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi was brutally gang raped and murdered in the village of Mahmoudiya. Members of her family, including her 5-year-old sister were also murdered. Five American soldiers stand accused … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Iraq | 9 Comments

Proof Of Life

Posted on August 4, 2006 by Mash

    Tonight on Larry King Live, Ehud Goldwasser’s father and wife appeared to plea for his safe return. Ehud Goldwasser is one of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah on July 12. It was the precipitating event of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Middle East Conflict | 19 Comments