EQUALSHOT

strengthening the voice of the nonprofit community

A few years ago, I worked on an op-ed with the human rights activist Rafael Marques about abuses against local populations in Angola carried out on behalf of large international diamond corporations. The Wall Street Journal just helped take this a step further, exploring the role of the Angolan military in these abuses. In September, to name one instance, Angolan soldiers buried 45 miners alive.

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I wanted to share this radio interview I did regarding the latest on the human rights situation in Western Sahara. In this piece, I speak about Aminatou Haidar, the "Sahrawi Gandhi," and the courage she demonstrated while she was on the hunger strike that nearly killed her.

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Here's my latest piece on Western Sahara, published in On The Issues magazine:

When I was in college, I had a small book of questions meant to serve as conversation starters for social gatherings. There was one question in particular that I had no idea how to answer, and not having a response seemed to indicate some form of personal shortcoming in my young and idealistic mind: “Is there a cause for which you’d be willing to sacrifice your life?

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I wrote this entry for Huffington Post to call attention to my colleague, Aminatou Haidar, who is in the 3rd week of a hunger strike. Scroll to the end to take action & watch my Twitter account for updates. 

Say the words "hunger strike" and many will recall images of an
emaciated Mahatma Gandhi enduring several famous fasts to protest
British rule of India.

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It’s been nearly a decade since Kerry Kennedy and Eddie Adams released their coffee table book “Speak Truth to Power.” Fifty essays about human rights defenders and the torture and harassment they have endured does not seem like a likely topic for a book you’d want anywhere near your coffee table. But there are several reasons why you may want to go out and buy it (or at least check it out of the library)...

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