Posts Tagged as ‘international’

1 June 2008

lambdaistanbul shut down!

a local turkish court made its final decision on May 29, 2008 that lambdaistanbul, an important lgbtt solidarity association that has been active in turkey as an organization since 1993, and had become a registered association in 2006, was a threat to the “morals”/”family values” of Turkish society. the decision has been made for lambdaistanbul [...]

23 April 2008

In Memory of Dith Pran

 
(Photo from MSNBC)
Time watches slowly…
Almost thirty years after the violence, Khmer Rouge leaders who perpetrated the genocide in Cambodia are quietly being brought to trial. The first formal hearing was held last November, and proceedings will start soon.
About three weeks ago, Cambodian refugee and New York Times photo-journalist Dith Pran passed away after a long [...]