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The Chief Minister of West Bengal is once again in the news. This time the minister is critiqued for her comments on judicial corruption. However, if truth is the best defence, and if such a defence is bona fide, then in public interest none can blame the minister for her 'expressing opinion.' In fact, it is the constitutional duty of India's justice apparatus to protect every citizen wanting to exercise their right to free and just opinion.

A view of the Nuba Mountains in the state of Southern Kordofan

Entrance gate of Camp Ashraf

Lt. General Babacar Gaye, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria.

A Malta patrol boat carrying 76 African immigrants, fleeing Libya, arrive in Malta on June 1, 2011.

The Australian parliament’s swift approval of an “offshore processing” law marks a shift in refugee policy that appears arbitrary and discriminatory on its face.

WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin.

Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos talks to refugee children temporarily living in a school in Zahera, Damascus, Syria.

Beyoncé films Humanitarian Day video at the United Nations.