Anthony Clark Arend

Here is a story you might have missed. It was brought to my attention by Matt Angelo . . . .
The BBC is reporting:
Five Britons have been detained by the Iranian navy while sailing a yacht from Bahrain to Dubai, the Foreign Office (FCO) has said.
The sailors were crewing a boat belonging to Sail Bahrain when they were stopped on …

The Washington Post is reporting:
The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their U.S. captors.In doing so Monday, the high court cited a recent change in federal law that allows the pictures to be withheld.
The justices issued a brief, and expected, order Monday directing the 2nd U.S. Circuit …

This is truly disturbing. The New York Times is reporting:
In a vote that displayed a widespread anxiety about Islam and undermined the country’s reputation for religious tolerance, the Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national ban on the construction of minarets, the prayer towers of mosques, in a referendum drawn up by the far right and opposed by the government.
The …

The Washington Post is reporting today:
Iran’s government will build 10 new sites to enrich uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday, a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear program and one that is bound to fuel fears that it is attempting to produce a nuclear weapon.Ahmadinejad told state news agency IRNA that construction of at least five nuclear facilities was to …

Massachusetts Congressman Bill Delahunt has an op ed in today’s Boston Globe presenting his plan to introduce legislation to protect women against violence. Delahunt, who is Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, writes:
WHETHER IT’S the Congo, Darfur, Afghanistan, Albania, or elsewhere, young girls are sold as sexual slaves, forced into marriage, or are burned with acid if they …

In case you missed it, Georgetown University’s Yahoo! Fellow, Evgeny Morozov, had an excellent op ed in Friday’s New York Times on “The Internet and Democracy.” Evgeny writes:
To appreciate the full bouquet of challenges that the Internet is posing to the modern nation state, look no further than the case of two German men who are waging a legal battle …

The Philosophy of Care at Transitions Global from Transitions Global on Vimeo.

From the video website:
Where did the idea behind Transitions Global come from? Why is is important when dealing with survivors of sex trafficking? Here is a video that explains much of the energy behind the model of care Transitions Global utilizes.
Shot in 2007/8 by Penumbra Films, Mike and Mirian …

The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors adopted the following resolution today:
The Board of Governors,
(a)    Recalling the Resolutions adopted by the Board and the UNSC,
(b)    Commending the Director General for his professional and impartial efforts to implement the Safeguards Agreement in Iran, to resolve outstanding safeguards issues in Iran and to verify the implementation by Iran of the suspension,
(c)   …