Mohamed Nasheed's trial was a sick joke, an excuse to imprison someone politically undesirable.

1/6 of living species face extinction due to global heating.

Here are some examples.

Many more species face extinction due to other human activities such as destruction of habitats.

The mayor of Ankara accused the US State Department of hypocrisy for criticizing Turkish repression in Gezi Park and failing to criticize US repression in Baltimore.

His argument is right; his conclusion is backwards. They both deserve to be condemned.

Because libel reform in the UK did not cover Northern Ireland, the entire UK is still subject to libel censorship; for instance, the film Going Clear which exposes the Church of Scientology cannot be broadcast there.

However, self-defeating licensing arrangements are part of the cause of the problem.

Many US states have laws giving special privileges to thugs who are being investigated for wrongdoing.

A few of these ought to be rights for everyone that is interrogated; most of them should simply be eliminated. What is clear is that we must not shield criminal thugs, and we must facilitate civilian review boards for thug departments.