Snatching people off the streets. Hanging people from the ceiling. A man freezing to death alone on a concrete floor. These are the grim realities Amrit Singh of the Open Society Justice Initiative describes in her report released today. The report is the first of its kind, compiling informat... Read more...

A behind-the-scenes look at the trial of Schapelle Corby, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling marijuana into Indonesia. External links: IMDb Read more...

In the Andaman Sea off the coast of Indonesia, a massive amount of coral has undergone severe bleaching because the waters have heated up to 93 degrees. New data suggests rising water temperatures in the region have been caused by global warming. In May, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) ... Read more...

Nine employees at an eastern Iowa education contractor accessed President Barack Obama’s student loan records in violation of federal law, prosecutors announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Davenport indicted the workers for “exceeding authorized computer access” at their ... Read more...

To be an American citizen is very much like being the child of a wealthy and unscrupulous criminal ‘Godfather,’ who appears to be kind and generous to his own children at home, but is unflinchingly treacherous and murderous in conducting his family business, which is based on coercion, dominat... Read more...
A 7.7 earthquake shook Indonesia’s northwest island of Sumatra early Wednesday, prompting a brief tsunami warning and sending residents rushing for higher ground. There were no immediate reports of widespread damage. The quake struck at 5.15 am (3.45 am IST) and was centred 200 km northwest of ... Read more...