Rights groups are coalescing around the idea that there must be some immediate action taken to stop the ongoing abuses--and that to deter future similar abuses, the international community needs to enforce some sort of accountability mechanism for individuals responsible for the slaughter.
Like in Tunisia and Egypt, social media is playing a key organizing role for the Bahrain protests and providing useful updates for people to follow the events in real time.
To stop an imminent government takeover of shelters for abused women, Afghan human rights activists are fighting back, in public and behind the scenes, and rallying supporters in Afghanistan and abroad.
Fans already know this, but Arcade Fire are long time advocates for Haiti. One song on their Grammy award winning album is even titled Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), which refers to this book about Paul Farmer's quest to transform global health policy through the work of his NGO Partners in Health in Haiti.
In the West African country Gabon, protesters have taken to the streets and the government is suppressing the revolt. Sound familiar? Yet there is little to no coverage of these events. Why?
Human rights advocate Hamida Barmaki and her entire family were among those killed when a suicide bomber blew up a crowded supermarket in Kabul on Friday.
