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As A Dark Year Ends, Remember the Inspirational People of 2009

Johann Hari | Posted 12.30.2009 | World

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Malalai Joya, Hope, Evo Morales, Denis Mukwege, Amy Goodman, Peter Tatchell, Hu Jia, World News
Johann Hari

A celebration of the men and women who didn't slump, but realised that the worse the world gets, the harder people of goodwill have to work to put it right.

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A Necessary Addition to Obama's China Trip Agenda: Chinese Public Interest Lawyers

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Rule of Law in China, Weiquan, President Obama Visits China, Nancy Pelosi, Public Interest Attorneys, Hu Jinato, Hillary Clinton, Harmonous Society, Barack Obama, Hu Jia, Human Rights in China, Obama-November-Visit-to-China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

You would never expect attorneys to hold a serious meeting in a McDonald's, but that is where I found myself last Friday when I met with three public interest attorneys, all recently disbarred, in Beijing.

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Obama and the Nobel: Just Bizarre

Jesse Larner | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe, Sweden, Nuclear Weapons, Peace Prize, Nobel, War, Morgan Tsvangvirai, Norway, Afghanistan, Thorbjorn Jagland, Iraq, Sima Samar, China, Barack Obama, Hu Jia, Muhammad Yunus, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Palestine, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Israel, World News
Jesse Larner

Now I know a lot of my friends are going to be very happy about this; a new day has dawned, etc. Personally I found it inexplicable. And disturbing. And vaguely annoying.

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