Bangladeshi blogger Ananta Bijoy Das was recently hacked to death by four masked men earlier this morning. It's being reported that this is the third blogger attacked, all of whom have been "critical of Islam," according to stories from CNN. The 32-year-old was killed leaving his home while heading to work. At that time, four masked men attacked him and proceeded "hacking him to death with cleavers and machetes." They then fled the scene. Read More »
HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher was, and is still, scheduled to present the commencement speech at Berkeley this coming December. But after some comments Maher made during his recent debate with Gone Girl star Ben Affleck back on Oct. 3, some students at the university decided to start a petition of Change.org that aims to stop Maher from speaking at the UC Berkeley graduation. And on this past Friday’s show, the comedian fired back. Read More »
Guantánamo Bay has been at the forefront of controversy for more than a decade. Since the camp was established by the Bush Administration in 2002 to hold mainly Muslim detainees to be determined to be affiliated with terror attacks, there have been several complaints of torture and abuse. Read More »