Selected Views through a Fractal Prism
A Pakistani Woman named Aafia Siddiqui was abducted from a taxi in Karachi, Pakistan along with her 3 children 12 years ago on March 30, 2003. At the time she was vulnerable, recently divorced from an abusive husband; living with her mother; her father had just died of a heart attack. The youngest child was an infant. Following her […]
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A Press Release from Amina Masood, Janjua, whose husband, Masood , joined The Disappeared early in the Afghan War, and has yet to return despite her relentless efforts to find him, and the fact that her organizing has resulted in the freedom of 100s others.. He disappeared from the streets of Rawalpindi Pakistan on his way home from work one […]
Read morePlease sign the petition linked below to help Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a political prisoner, and also a victim of state terrorism. Aafia Siddiqui has been abused, humiliated, shot, and driven to the edge of sanity. She was tried for one crime and convicted on the basis of false evidence of another. There was no evidence other than some contested witness […]
Read moreSAVE THIS DATE: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 How are human rights affected by class and race? The International Human Rights Day Committee invites you to a discussion of “Class and Race: What Happens When the ‘Have-nots’ Become ‘Haves’?” through a Dramatic Reading of “Palmer Park” written by Joanna McClelland Glass *** Dear human rights supporters: Every year we gather as […]
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