When people who have been professionally trained in a line of work begin to question and speak out against the ethics and morals of the work they are doing it is time to sit up and take notice.

In a move that could end the commercial captivity of Orca killer whales a California congressmen has introduced a law to make it illegal to keep orcas in captivity. If approved the new law will make it illegal to "hold in captivity, or use, a wild-caught or captive-bred orca for performance or entertainment purposes".

Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson of the Peace People were detained in Cairo for eight hours on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Medea Benjamin an American activist and co-founder of Code Pink was also detained, assaulted and deported.

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