Thursday, July 16, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
BBC: Syria renaissance excludes human rights - '...A campaign of arrests has left an estimated 6,000 people in jail as political prisoners. Meanwhile, about 400-450 people are subject to official travel bans, although the real number could be in the thousands, human rights groups say. The measures are extended to young bloggers and some internet users, as well as civil society activists and some artists...' [Yet they complain about Guantanamo.]
