Background on South Oseentia conflict:
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/russia-and-georgia-background-conflict-20080812
www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/53721.htm

Blockade of Gaza--1.5 million cut off:
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/trapped-collective-punishment-gaza-20080827

Pre-emptive arrests of RNC protesters (wtf?!):
www.startribune.com/politics/27695244.html

Russia:
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,575581,00.html