9/11 mastermind to face trial by Guantánamo military commission

World news | The Guardian
With all the sad news in newspapers nowadays, this is really one that hits me. My respect for Barack Obama has hit rock-bottom after this landmark U-turn.

A sad day for human rights.

Online only?

MAID ABUSER JAILED FOR ONE YEAR
Why was such a serious case of maid abuse only an online article?

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MAID ABUSER JAILED FOR ONE YEAR
25 March 2011
Ng Jing Yng jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg

SINGAPORE - A maid abuser was jailed yesterday, after his wife had turned him in to the authorities.

In the Subordinate Courts, Chua Tian Hoe, 64, was jailed 12 months for commiting criminal intimidation.

The court heard that in December last year, Chua became angry after his Indonesian helper Atin Supriatin did not respond to his question and punched her in the right eye.

Building Human Rights Into Social Sites

SXSW - Technology Review
sgwatchDOG is not convinced that popular social media companies can be relied upon, especially in sensitive situations where potential personal information of human rights defenders may be released to oppressive governments.

"Serious in Singapore" - Seriously, Really?

NYTimes.com
Thomas Friedman makes several strange turns and ends up with a weird conclusion about "attitude".

How Egypt Turned Off the Internet

Gizmodo
Chilling details of how easy it was for the Egyptian government to switch off access to the Internet...

Private charity is never a substitute for public welfare

Comment is free | The Guardian

The above tagline is for those who are sick and tired of the "Many Helping Hands" tagline used by MCYS at every opportunity to abdicate responsibility...