Why in the world would you assume that when they've arrested and charged the alleged rapists? Because you think India is a backwards country without courts and police?

I assume you're white? Do you know the history of colonialism and torture and genocide caused by white colonists in India? Are you really comfortable advocating for their tortuous deaths considering that history?

They arrested the alleged rapists. What else can the government of India do? There are tons of amazing human rights and gender rights organizations all over the state of India that are doing great work on issues of discrimination and poverty and violence against women. The Indian Supreme Court is actually one of…

Woooahhh. Hold on there. Do you know how fucked up that is? Punishing an entire country, the most second populous in the world and with a population that suffers from poverty and third-world diseases, because of the actions of these alleged rapists? You do know the U.S. has a much higher violent crime rate than…

The violent crime rate in the United States is FAR higher than the violent crime rate in India (and that includes murder and rape). Just a few weeks ago, an Indian man was paralyzed in northern Alabama when a police officer slammed him into the ground for no reason at all. Ethnic Indians are at a larger danger of…

This is relevant information to the lawsuit though so the subpoena would not have been quashed and the review in camera would have been pro forma.

When our "help" is prolonging a civil war through engaging in warfare, I wouldn't want it either!

Stopped being discussed in 2004? Huh? If anything, the media covers this conflict way more heavily then similar (and more widespread) atrocities/civil wars elsewhere in the world. In fact there was a lot of criticism of the coverage and activism around the "Save Darfur" movement in the U.S., because it seemed…

That's not the take I got from Clooney's op-ed and I believe that is a gross oversimplification that masks the complexities of what has actually been happening in that region.

Obviously not invasion. Here's a scholar's take: https://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/the…

I don't think OP was discounting that incest happens. I assume OP was just saying that GSA hasn't necessarily been scientifically proven/studied. We're reading an anecdote here, but that doesn't mean it's a genuine disorder.

Yeah because prisons don't have drug-sniffing dogs or any other means of determining whether drugs are present on visitors. ಠ_ಠ

Iñárritu was nominated for best director.

I encourage you to listen to Serial and to consider the fact that there are many innocent people serving time in prison for crimes that they did not commit. There is no question that there was reasonable doubt in Adnan's case, but he still was convicted. If there is reasonable doubt of innocence, you are not…

Or, you know, the potentially innocent man that's been locked up for the last fifteen years...

Fair enough. But I read the article before commenting. I think that's all you really need to do to be a good commenter, no?

And our country's president pardons turkeys. So what?

I think it's all about pushing for change with all tools that are available. Police brutality and mass incarceration didn't just become an issue this summer. It's always been an issue, but, in particular, it's been a huge source of injustice for poor, communities of color since the 1980s/beginning of the War on…

Yes it is. 14th amendment (to the constitution).

Here's one tangible benefit. Michael Brown's parents are being treated like humans and being shown some dignity in the face of a domestic law system that can't help them: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/1…