Article here. Excerpt:

'The first full academic year following the Department of Education’s release of its Sexual Assault Directive has come to a close. The Directive was announced by the Office for Civil Rights on April 4, 2011 without prior notice or opportunity for public comment. Two days later, civil rights expert Wendy Kaminer deplored the “authoritarian impulse” that gave rise to the Directive and predicted it would occasion, in her words, “tragic deprivations of liberty.” (1)

Several of these cases, reported in the media during the 2011-2012 school year, had been adjudicated before the OCR policy took effect:

University of Hawaii at Manoa

September 20, 2011 — Following news of seven allegations of sexual assault filed during the previous academic year, the University’s security chief Wayne Ogino stated that a student could be evicted from a campus dormitory solely on the basis of an accusation. Ogino did acknowedge, however, that some rape accusations did turn out to be “unfounded.” (2)'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK.

It said his human rights might be violated if he is sent to Sweden to be questioned over sex assault claims.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would not allow Mr Assange safe passage out of the country and the move was also criticised by Stockholm.

Ecuador said it would seek to negotiate arrangements for Mr Assange to leave.'

According to a recent Washington Post article, it looks like the American Academy of Pediatrics is going to come out with a revised statement in favor of circumcision, saying the benefits outweigh the risks.

We think this would be an egregious violation of basic human rights, and a HUGE step backwards. They realized it was wrong to cut baby girls--so why is it okay to cut baby boys? IT'S NOT OKAY!

Visit the AAP's Facebook page -- http://www.facebook.com/AmerAcadPeds -- and send them a message, telling them what YOU think about this possible new statement.

And stay tuned for more news and action campaigns from Intact America on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/intactamerica

An opportunity that might appeal to appropriately qualified and experienced readers, to help raise concerns about the ethics of the 'African circumcision trials'. Link here. Excerpt:

'If you have an interest in the bioethics of studying HIV and associated conditions, consider applying for R01 or R21 funding through a new program announcement from NIH.

Your plan may include conceptual work in bioethics, empirical work gathering and analyzing data relevant to ethical issues, or both. When planning your research team, NIH strongly encourages you to include at least one person with demonstrated expertise and scholarship in bioethics.

NIH welcomes applications on any ethics topic relevant to HIV research, particularly in the following areas:

Link here. Excerpt:

'Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of more than $68 million to ensure that women, infants, children, and youth living with HIV/AIDS receive comprehensive primary HIV medical care and support services.

The grants, funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, help people who lack sufficient health care coverage or financial resources to manage HIV.

“With these investments, we’re targeting our resources to the communities that need them most,” Secretary Sebelius said. “This will help women, infants and children with HIV get the care and treatment they need by increasing access to comprehensive, coordinated primary care.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I'm sure you've tried to forget it, but - for the sake of men everywhere - let me recap: after a 16-year marriage with no children, your third wife, Faye Eichelberger, ended up with a settlement that made her (quite literally) richer than you.

Not only will you have to pay her £600,000 a year until 2016 (even though you're now technically a pensioner and she's a successful therapist), you also had to give her £8 million in cash, plus assets which included: an apartment in New York, a £2 million home in London and half a beach house in California.

Why? Because you're a man.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The top Homeland Security official accused of cultivating a "frat-house"-style work environment has "voluntarily placed herself on leave" amid an internal review, the department told FoxNews.com late Tuesday evening -- just hours after FoxNews.com contacted the agency about new allegations against her.

The official, Suzanne Barr, is chief of staff for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Two more ICE employees came forward this week to complain about "lewd" conduct inside the agency, submitting sworn affidavits that depict graphic comments made by two top officials working under DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.'

Look for the next in a country near you! Article here. Excerpt:

'Saudi Arabia has a problem: The Persian Gulf kingdom has an increasingly educated, increasingly unemployed female population and ultraconservative laws and customs that forbid women from mingling, much less working, with men. The Saudis are fashioning an unusual solution, building an industrial city that will allow only women. The female-only zone is scheduled to open in the Eastern Province city of Hofuf next year, with more ladies-only areas to come in Riyadh, the capital. How do these cities-inside-a-city work, and are they good for women?'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 33-year-old Pennsylvania woman could spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting to police that she repeatedly poisoned her boyfriend with Visine eye drops for more than three years in a bid for his attention.

Vickie Jo Mills of Ayr Township, Pa., was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 counts of aggravated assault, 10 counts of simple assault and 10 counts of reckless endangerment after she told authorities she slipped Visine eye drops into the drinking water of her boyfriend, 45-year-old Thurman Edgar Nesbitt III.
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Nesbitt had been sick for years with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and blood pressure and breathing problems, according to police. His doctor, Dr. Harry Johnston, alerted authorities in after detecting traces of tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops, in Nesbitt's blood tests.'

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Victim-advocacy group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging the White House with politicizing the issue of violence. SAVE says Obama's executive order "Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally" marginalizes and ignores the suffering of male victims of violence.

According to the World Health Organization, men are twice as likely to die of violence as women. Globally, violence accounts for 14% of male deaths and 7% of female deaths.'

A lawsuit has been filed in the US against Israeli Government officials for institutional discrimination against men. This is probably the most comprehensive lawsuit ever filed in a court anywhere in the world with regards to men's rights. The lawsuit attacks the institutionalized discrimination against men as a whole.

Read it here.

Link here. Excerpt:

'A woman depressed and suffering "abnormality of mind" when she left her baby daughter in a bath to drown could be free in less than two months.

The 27-year-old, who can't be named, was sentenced in the Supreme Court in Sydney on Wednesday to a maximum five years in prison with a non-parole period of three years and two months.

She has been in custody since her arrest on August 10, 2009 and could possibly get out of jail on October 9.

In sentencing the woman, Acting Justice Michael Grove said a series of events led to her placing the 17-month-old into a bath and turning on the taps at her Gwynneville unit near Wollongong on July 21, 2009.

While he found she foresaw the probability of her daughter's death, she was suffering from such an "abnormality of the mind" that her capacity to control herself or understand whether her actions were right or wrong was "substantially impaired".'

Article here. Excerpt:

'It's a hell of a thing putting an unaccompanied kid onto an airline flight. I've done it. For the kid it's hugely exciting (if they're the adventurous sort). For the parent it's a Kafkaesque nightmare of form-filling and fiery hoop-jumping.
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Right now, every time an airline like Qantas or Virgin moves a male passenger away from an unaccompanied child for no reason other than his being a male, they break the law. Or rather, they breach the Anti-Discrimination Act, for which penalties do apply. If he was drunk, abusive, or maybe if the unaccompanied children's parents or guardians had requested a specific seating arrangement for the flight, then the airlines would be in the clear. (A lawyer will doubtless set me straight on that last one). But to maintain a policy of moving passengers simply on the basis of gender is not legal.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Washington (CNN) -- An Australian airline's policy prohibiting male passengers from sitting next to kids traveling alone has fueled a social media firestorm and caused the company to review the rule.
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Virgin Australia's policy to prevent men from sitting next to the unaccompanied minors has supporters, including John Shehan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States.
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"We're trying to prevent child victimization," he said. "We know the overwhelming majority of sex offenders are male, so by removing that situation you're lowering the risk."

Australian airline Qantas also has come under fire for a similar policy prohibiting men from sitting next to unaccompanied minors. The airline declined to comment.'

Video here.

'Man claims Virgin Australia treats male passengers like pedophiles after being told to change seats away from two kids.'