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In iOS 6, Siri has the ability to tweet from the lock screen. There is no way that could be a problem….
Great for activists and protesters too. “Tweet Arrested.” could save someone’s life.
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Boy wearing a headband that reads: “Life is an inherent right”. Taken three days ago during a memorial held in solidarity with a woman who was unjustly killed by police in Khartoum, Sudan.
Local merchant sitting cross-legged in front of his shoe kiosk in one of Darfur’s IDP camps, Sudan. Photo courtesy of UNAMID.
Orange Volkswagen van in front of a similarly orange-painted house in Burri neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan. The van’s model is probably from 1960s however it is in a pretty much excellent condition!
PHOTO: Waiting for a flight in front of the airstrip at Juba International Airport, South Sudan
I recently wrote a piece on Sudan Votes that was published days before separation called North or South, the heart has its own compass with a friend of mine Reem Abbas, who blogs at I HAVE…
In the past decade, Western powers have created a political and legal infrastructure for intervention in otherwise independent countries. Key to that infrastructure are two institutions, the United Nations Security Council and the International Criminal Court. Both work politically, that is, selectively. To that extent, neither works in the interest of creating a rule of law.
The Security Council identifies states guilty of committing “crimes against humanity” and sanctions intervention as part of a “responsibility to protect” civilians. Third parties, other states armed to the teeth, are then free to carry out the intervention without accountability to anyone, including the Security Council. The ICC, in toe with the Security Council, targets the leaders of the state in question for criminal investigation and prosecution.
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Source: trevorsnapp.photoshelter.com“Men pray in a mosque in Malakal the capital of Upper Nile state on the border of South Sudan.”
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(via BookBook, A Combination iPhone Case & Wallet Disguised as a Book)
I don’t know why, but I really think I could use one of these. —Wright
Book-like iPhone case. Very cool.
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