originally by: The Seattle Times
published: 23 December 2013
A man who spent 10 years in prison for robbery and burglary has been released after the Innocence Project Northwest persuaded King County prosecutors to re-examine the man’s conviction, which was based solely on eyewitness testimony.
The case of Brandon Olebar came to the attention of the Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW), based out of the clinical law program at the University of Washington Law School, in 2011.
by: Stop the War Coalition
published: 8 November 2013
The US has provided military training, arms, intelligence and financing to Rwanda’s military who in turn sponsors and directs war criminals who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Congo.
Earlier this year, President Obama asked how one might weigh the “tens of thousands who’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?” But as tragic and devastating as the Congo conflict is, Congolese are not asking for the United States – or the international community – to militarily intervene.
by: The Sunday Post
published: 27 October 2013
Tippa Naphtali speaks out to Sunday Post.
A furious row has broken out over the use of police stun guns on children. Official guidelines warn of potentially fatal consequences if youths are hit by the 50,000-volt Taser devices. But despite this, their use in confrontations with under-18s has rocketed by 1,000% over five years.
Figures show police used the weapons on just 29 occasions in 2007 but that shot up to 323 in 2011, an average of six times a week.
This included firing them outright and doing “drive stuns” in which the device is placed against a youth’s body and fired without causing incapacitation.
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