Evidentia

The Mauritanian human rights organization SOS-Esclaves just sent me this testimony of a female slave, Oumoulkheir Mint Yarba, who escaped servitude in February 2010, and has now lodged official complaints against her former masters.

Simon Deng, a Sudanese Christian and former child slave, is campaigning for the right to life of his people in South Sudan, long persecuted by the Islamist government in Khartoum. I met him in New York City last weekend.

Exiled Mauritanian human rights advocate Mohamed Yahya Ould Ciré explains that some black slave women in his country are still forced to have children with their Moorish masters, and are still subject to mass rape and torture.

The amending formula of 1982 makes any significant change to the Canadian Constitution practically impossible, as if a bear trap had been placed within the supreme law of the land

There is a big gap between the theory and practice of classical liberalism. How can rights be strengthened, without weakening the position of the underprivileged, the outcast, those without a voice in society? How can the rights of individuals and of communities be reconciled? How can the strong, the rich, the aggressive, the crafty and those able to afford high-priced lawyers be prevented from exercising their sovereignty at the expense of ordinary citizens?

The time I first became aware of liberty was while visiting Kraków, Poland under the communist system, in the late 1970s.

Organized crime is everywhere - and not just in Quebec

In an interview, Nechama Tec tells me what makes some individuals act on the basis of cooperation, compassion, altruism, mutual help and survival

I am wondering these days about the discreet charm of evil. Perhaps you are as well, because I see the readership of this website is increasing exponentially, and I have devoted more blogs to the basic human rights than to any other subject.

This blog explains how some Islamic preachers use their interpretation of religion to maintain Haratin in enslavement