Everyday, I’ll try to post a summary of three non-geek articles I read today. This is my vain attempt at trying to spread awareness of these types of issues.
WHO
Reformist candidate (Iranian presidential election)
WHAT
Claimed that protesters were savagely raped while in custody
WHEN
Announced yesterday
WHERE
Iran
WHY
Wrote a letter to the former president
FTA
They were revealed as the head of the police admitted there had been mistreatment of prisoners detained in the aftermath of the election.
WHO
13-year-old Somalian girl
WHAT
Was stoned to death by militant Islamists
WHEN
Last fall
WHERE
Somalia
WHY
Tried to report three men for rape
FTA
This child suffered a terrible death as demanded by the armed opposition forces that control Kismayo, says David Copeman who is responsible for Amnesty’s Somalia-department, to the news office, AP.
More: http://www.aftenbladet.no/english/940794/13-year_old_stoned_to_death_in_Somalia.html
WHO
30-year-old man
WHAT
Died during a fight when he threw a woman through a window. Was impaled by a shard of glass.
WHEN
Today
WHERE
West End in London at 2am
WHY
He threw the woman against the window and it broke
FTA
After several blows, the glass shattered and the pair fell through, leaving the man fatally wounded.
More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/11/window-shard-kills-man-london
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