Issue 386 - June 2008
Nonviolent Humanitarian Intervention
- Saving Burmese Lives
- Arab Dissidents Speaking Out
- Witnessing Against Torture
In This Issue
 Ali Abdullah has been jailed three times. One of his sons is serving a five-year sentence for involvement in a pro-democracy youth group. The other chose exile. |
 It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention. |
 We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous. |
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| Diversity is the Revolution: The Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East | We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity. | |
| The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change | The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts. | |
| A Politics of Inclusion: An Interview with Egyptian Democracy Advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Women got upset and marched to the Royal Palace. The King called me and said, 'Saad, do you see what is happening?' I said, 'Yes, but that is democracy, your Majesty.' | |
| Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries | Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation. | |
| Assisting Burmese Cyclone Survivors: Defying the Government to Save Lives | When we made it to villages farther down the road, we found that a monk had shared the rice for his village with all the surrounding villages, which had received no aid and were starving. | |
| Human Rights and "Asian" Values | When Zilu asks him "how to serve a prince," Confucius replies, "Tell him the truth even if it offends him." | |
| The Work Unfinished: Remembering Hilda Silverman | We're left without our moral compass. | |
| Israeli Warplanes Strike Syrian Facility: IAEA, Syrian Dissident, Criticize Israeli and Syrian Governments | ||
| In Memory of Saudi Feminist Blogger Hadeel Alhodaif | ||
| Reinstate Malalai Joya to Afghanistan's Parliament: Feminist Banned for Honesty | ||
| Bits & Peaces |
