Rev. Danny Fisher

Follow this link to CREDO Action to send the below message to CNN President Jonathan Klein and NBC News President Steve Capus:

The Constitution is being trampled at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, where journalists are being violently arrested and jailed for trying to do their jobs. This is worse than un-American, yet your network has stayed virtually silent on the story. As a viewer and citizen, I demand that you include this story in your election coverage. The public has a right to know this shocking and important news.

The Korea Times is reporting a new development in the story coming out of Seoul: Over ten thousand South Korean temples representing twenty-seven different Buddhist orders held religious services simultaneously to protest the government’s perceived anti-Buddhist/pro-Christian bias. As the publication says, it now appears that South Korean Buddhists are in this fight “for the long haul.” For more on this story, take a look at a post of mine from last week.

It’s official, says the Associated Press: His Holiness the Dalai Lama was released yesterday from the Mumbai hospital he checked into with abdominal discomfort. Spokesman Tenzin Takla says that His Holiness will remain in Mumbai for several days, that he is in good condition, and his doctors have advised him to “rest as much as possible.”

This via Amnesty International:

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur. Some states have called for the United Nations Security Council to suspend the ICC’s investigation. The Security Council is expected to revisit this issue shortly. Call on the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. to remain firm in opposing political interference in the ICC’s investigation.

To send a message to U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, follow this link.