Author: jandsm

The best thing that can be said about today’s Live8 concerts is that – unlike its predescessor Live Aid – because it is free it will not give another African dictatorship easy cash to buy weapons to continue a...

I noticed some people on this blog care a lot about Dafur and other cases of genocide and human rights abuses. Some were also looking for more information on the issue in general. I am a member of the European Network of...

The Washington Post opens today with a fascinating article by Carol D. Leonnig, called “Panel Ignored Evidence on Detainee”. Though well intentioned, they don’t get the full case and one is left wondering who...

Four other stories we should care about This is another diary on the periphery of world news and events hidden at back of newspapers – if noticed at all, even in the world of blogs. Still they deserve our attention,...