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Guantanamo : Two Trials in One
Boots of Military Police at Camp Delta, a Long-Term DetentionCenter at Guantanamo.Salim Hamdan trial also test of military tribunal systemBy Willian Glaberson / July 29, 2008 GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — On the surface, the proceedings unfolding inside a makeshift courthouse … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Military Tribunals, Torture
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Replacement For ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ : ‘Don’t Care’
Congress Revisits Military’s Policy On GaysBy David Welna / July 24, 2008 More than 12,000 gay men and women have been expelled from the U.S. armed forces since the Pentagon’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” took effect 15 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Gay Rights, GI's, Homophibia, Homosexuality, Human Rights, U.S. Military
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ACLU : ‘Mukasey calls on Congress to subvert Constitution’
Atty. Gen. John Mukasey. Photo by Noah Berger / AP.Under Attorney General’s plan detainees could be held indefinitelyBy Stephen C. Webster / July 21, 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey prompted Congress Monday morning, during a speech to the conservative American … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Civil Liberties, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Human Rights, Terrorism, War on Terror
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World Court Urges US to Stay Five Executions
World Court judges on June 19 heard arguments in the case involving Mexican citizens on death row in the United States. Photo by Peter Dejong / AP.Mexico had appealed to U.N. body on behalf of citizens on Texas death row.July … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Human Rights, Mexico, World Court
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South African Human Rights Activists Shocked By Palestinian Refugee Camp
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Hani Al-Kabi who was killed in an Israeli army raid in the Balata refugee camp, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Nablus, Friday, April 18, 2008. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartheid, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Nelson Mandela, Palestine, Refugees, South Africa, West Bank
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Oaxaca : Indigenous People Saying ‘NO’ to Migration
The FIOB is a political organization of indigenous communities and migrants, with chapters in Mexico and the U.S. It advocates for the rights of migrants, and for the right not to migrate — for economic development which would enable people … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous People, Mexico, Migration, Poverty
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BOOKS : The Dark Side by Jane Meyer
They described not just standing, but being kept up on their tiptoes with their arms extended out and up over their heads, attached by shackles on their wrists and ankles, for what they described as eight hours at a stretch. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Books, Bush Administration, CIA, Criminal Justice, FISA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Red Cross, Torture
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Sex Crimes in the White House
Fernando Botero / Abu Ghraib 57, 2005. Image © Fernando Botero, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.Abu Ghraib and the Sexualization of TortureBy Naomi Wolf / July 7, 2008 Naomi Wolf is a best-selling author and essayist. NEW YORK – Sex … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Human Rights, Iraq Occupation, Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Torture
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Reborn on the Fourth of July or Patriotism Once More Revisited
Fading GloryOn Patriotism.[revised annually on the 4th of July]By David Hamilton / The Rag Blog / July 4, 2008 Defending the patriotism of America’s internal critics is a time honored ritual, necessary because the warmongers invariably call it into question. … Continue reading
Gitmo Torture Methods Cribbed From Chinese Communists
Image by Matt Groller / Rolling Stone.“Coercive management techniques” copied verbatimBy Scott Shane / July 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Communists, CIA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Military, Torture, Waterboarding
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Taguba : Bush Ordered Systematic Regime of Torture
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, now retired, author of an Army internal report on abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, reacts as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill May … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Antonio Taguba, George W. Bush, Human Rights, Iraq, Military, Torture, War Crimes
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Imperfect Obama or Republican Brownshirts
A Study in Tyranny: oil sketch, inspired by my interest in politics, persuasion, influence, brain washing, propaganda, as well as sales and marketing. —Luscher. At this point,we have no other choice than Obama, love him or not, unless we want … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Economy, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama, Personal Freedom, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Torture
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