Tag Archives: human-rights

18/07/2013 Brazilian government | edward snowden | Freedom of expression | human-rights | minister gilberto | Snowden Brazil | Snowden Democracy | Snowden Freedom | Snowden Political Asylum Feitosa-Santana

Edward Snowden’s Courageous Action: Where is Brazil?

Manifestation of Pablo Ortellado to minister Gilberto Carvalho at the Government-Civil Society dialogue session at the Palácio do Planalto: “First of all, I would like to welcome the initiative for a national policy on social participation and I hope that the winds of June will allow this measure to become truly effective. I would also […]

17/07/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning Trial | human-rights | middle-east | Occupy Wall Street | politics | pretrial confinement | society | technology | whistle blowers | Whistleblower Future Feitosa-Santana

Bradley Manning is My Hero

“I want people to see the truth, because without it you cannot make informed decisions as a public” – by  Bradley Manning. “On June 3rd, after more than 3 years of pretrial confinement, military whistle-blower and democracy advocate Bradley Manning will go to trial for “Aiding the Enemy,” a capital offense that could open future whistle-blowers to […]

12/07/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning Trial | current-events | human-rights | politics | Whistleblower Future | Yochai Benkler Feitosa-Santana

Bradley Manning’s Defense

Star Witness Yochai Benkler at Bradley Manning’s Defense: “On the final day of Bradley Manning’s defense’s case, Harvard Law Professor and renowned scholar Yochai Benkler testified about how the Internet has transformed journalism’s function in a democracy and why WikiLeaks should be considered a legitimate news organization that is devoted to exposing corruption. He testified that […]

11/07/2013 Brazil Corruption | Brazil July 2013 | Brazil Protests | extreme brutality | human-rights | non lethal weapons | peaceful protesters | political dissent | sao paulo brazil | society | What is going on in Brazil | World Cup Brazil | world social forum Feitosa-Santana

What is going on in Brazil: From 20 cents to everything else.

From 20 cents to everything else — the struggle for the narrative in Brazil  – by Vanessa Zettler “One Brazil for all” to celebrate the reversal of a fare hike on public transportation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 20, 2013. (Flickr/Sebástian Freire) Although not isolated from the uprisings that have been taking place around the world, the […]