After Two Years, the Rana Plaza Fund Finally Reaches Its $30m Target.

Guards at NYC's Rikers Island prison have been charged for killing prisoner Ronald Spear.

Hooray!

Release the Congolese Activists Still in Jail for Planning Peaceful Demonstrations.

A UK man was convicted of forcing a woman to marry him. He filmed her showering (after raping her) and blackmailed her by threatening to publish the video.

Although the perpetrator bears full responsibility for raping and threatening her, what made her vulnerable to this blackmail was the twisted idea that it is shameful to be seen nude. It is not surprising to me that the victim was a Muslim, because that religion teaches women particularly intense shame about their bodies.

To propagate this shame is to aid future blackmailers.

A world agreement has been reached on Redd+, a plan to curb deforestation.

But it is likely to fail if it doesn't cope with the corruption that enables plantation land-grabs.