North Korean Diplomat on Trump Election: 'We Do Not Care'

 

North Korean state media initially praised Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, but following Trump's victory a senior official expressed indifference about the incoming president. "We do not care about whoever becomes the president of the United States," Kim Yong Ho, the North Korean Foreign Ministry's director of the division of human rights and humanitarian issues, told reporters at the United Nations. "The fundamental issue here is whether or not...

Rolling Stone Found Liable for UVA Rape Article

 

A U.S. jury has decided against Rolling Stone magazine in a defamation case regarding a discredited story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia. Court documents say the jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, ruled in favor of Nicole Eramo, a school official who was accused of indifference in the 2014 magazine article "A Rape on Campus." The jury said the magazine and the reporter on the story, Sabrina Erdely, were liable for defamation, with damages to be assessed...

Detained Lawyers' Families Send Open Letter to China's Xi Jinping

 

As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. But so far, they say that all they’ve gotten in return is a cold shoulder from authorities. While the government’s indifference to their call for justice comes as no surprise, they have been unrelenting in voicing...

Tens of Thousands March in Peru Against Gender Violence

 

More than 50,000 people marched in Peru's capital and eight other cities on Saturday to protest violence against woman and what they say is the indifference of the judicial system.    Officials said the size of the protest against gender violence was unprecedented in Peru and followed several recent high-profile cases in which male perpetrators were given what women's groups said were too-lenient sentences. The march in Lima ended at the palace of...