The Game of Life

[We] call upon game producers to consequently and creatively incorporate rules of international humanitarian law and human rights into their games. - BBC News Two Swiss human rights organizations have slammed a series of war-related strategy and FPS games for permitting violence against civilians, including torture and massacres. They added that those who “violate international humanitarian law end up as war criminals, not as winners.”... Read More

Charter 08: Echoes of the American Experience?

The political reality, which is plain for anyone to see, is that China has many laws but no rule of law; it has a constitution but no constitutional government. -Excerpt from Charter 08 December 8, 2008 was the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was also the date on which Charter 08, a 3,200 word manifesto calling for the creation of a government based on human rights and democracy in China, was signed by 303 individuals.... Read More