social justice • Things of Interest

2016-10-25T22:00:59+00:00 2016-10-25T22:00:59+00:00 Kent Akgungor

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Ontario minister refuses to release man from solitary who’s spent four years in isolation •

Adrian Morrow and Patrick White, writing for The Globe and Mail: The minister in charge of Ontario’s prisons will not release from solitary confinement an inmate who has spent four years in isolation without trial despite a growing chorus of … Continue reading →

2014-11-16T22:57:54+00:00 2014-11-16T22:57:54+00:00 Kent Akgungor

Sunday, November 16, 2014

10 Years and 1,000 Lashes for Blogging •

By Kent Akgungor

Amnesty International: Authorities arrested Raif Badawi (pronounced Ra-eef Ba-da-wee) on 17 June 2012. They charged him with insulting Islam and creating the “Saudi Arabian Liberals” website for social and political debate. The charges related to articles Raif wrote criticizing religious … Continue reading →