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China Pushes to End Public Shaming
The Chinese government has called for an end to the public shaming of criminal suspects, a time-honored cudgel of Chinese law enforcement, that included “shame parades,” in which those suspected of being prostitutes are shackled and forced to walk in public. It is thought that they finally [...]
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Humanitarian Situation Still Vulnerable In Somalia
First, the fact 3.2 million people, or more than 40 per cent of the population in Somalia, rely on international aid, a senior United Nations aid official stressed today. In an article published by the UN News Centre, it is stated that UN agencies and their partners have so far received only [...]
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Germany’s Green Energy Plan: “Laboratory of ‘Green Growth’”
In an article published on May 9th, Christian Schwägerl brings attention to the new Energy Plan being put forward by Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Merkel said the Fukushima disaster “has forever changed the way we define risk in Germany” and has now committed that country to a [...]
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