Written by Oiwan Lam Wu Ying, named China’s sixth richest woman in 2006, lost an appeal against her death sentence at the Zhejiang Higher People’s Court on January 18, 2012. Many citizens have pleaded online for Wu’s life believing the death sentence was meant to silence her from exposing corruption by government officials who [...]

  Success! Thanks in part to the support of Care2 members like you, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels approved Senate Enrolled Act 4, legislation that will enforce tougher penalties on human trafficking in Indiana. This bill passed just in the nick of time, as Super Bowl 2012 commences on Sunday. by Donna Butler Super Bowl 2012 provides [...]

Over 200 people have been killed in the city of Homs, an epicenter of anti-government protests, in an attack that began late Friday night.

  The ACLU recently filed suit questioning the Obama administration’s behavior in the death of U.S. born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan and al-Awlaki’s son. The lawsuit alleges that al-Awlaki was specifically targeted by the government as an important operative in the Al Qaeda hierarchy on the Arabian Peninsula. The deaths of al-Awaki, Khan and [...]

  Written by Maria Danilova KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutal cold snap. As the death toll from the past week rose [...]

  Written by Scott Parkin, Rainforest Action Network In the 1974 classic Roman Polanski neo-noir film Chinatown, private detective Jake Gittes (played by Jack Nicholson) discovers one of LA’s dirty secrets: Wealthy developers are legally stealing precious water from poor struggling farmers in California’s central valley to hydrate the posh homes of Beverly Hills and [...]

  Written by Aya Batrawy CAIRO (AP) — One of the Arab world’s best known Egyptian comedians has been sentenced to three months in jail for offending Islam, a judge said Thursday, in the latest such case against a high-profile figure, underlining concerns about freedom of expression in Egypt. The judge confirmed that Adel Imam, [...]

  Google announced they will be rolling out a new privacy plan. This is in keeping with the company’s goal of creating an intuitive user experience across their more than 70 product platforms.  The new, easier-to-read policy will cover all of its products and users will not be able to opt out. Changes are slated to [...]

  By Jeff Furman In recent years, investigations and reports carried out by independent organizations have described the steadily worsening human rights picture in Ethiopia. A 2007 report from the UN committee that monitors the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was “alarmed” to find that [...]

Ontario Police announced today that they have arrested 60 people in a comprehensive sweep of child pornography offenders. Officers from 24 forces acted on 76 warrants yesterday in what is being called the biggest child pornography bust in Canadian history. Those arrested include adults as well as three 16-year-old young offenders from many different backgrounds [...]