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Indefinite detention: Can we ask how the United States got here?

Bipartisan BFFs in enabling indefinite detention: Sens. John McCain and Carl Levin. (Office of Senator Patrick Leahy/Wikicommons) There has certainly been a lot of sturm und drang surrounding the indefinite detention provisions codified into law in t...

Sending some hope

(All photos courtesy of Just Detention International) This will not cost you any money. It will take just a few minutes of your time. Please send a message of hope to survivors of sexual assault who are usually forgotten by those of us who are not be...

Who are we?

California's death chamber (Wikimedia Commons) By bizarre historical coincidence, on the same day that Georgia executed Troy Davis for a murder he almost certainly did not commit, Texas executed Lawerence Russell Brewer for a murder he certainly did....

Libya Says It Will Free Missing New York Times Journalists Today

Filed under: Human Rights Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

NATO to Libya: What Seems to Be the Problem?

Filed under: Humor, Foreign Policy, Chaos Theory, Middle East, Human RightsNext thing you know they'll be asking for human rights. Talk about a can of worms! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Florida Homeless Advocates Claim 1st Amendment Right to Meet, Eat in Park

Filed under: Supreme Court, Human RightsAn Orlando city ordinance restricting how often homeless people can be given free meals in parks is being challenged in federal court. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&...

Obama Sends Religious Freedom Nominee Back to Senate Despite Concerns

Filed under: Senate, Republicans, Religion, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, National Security, Disputations, Conservatives, Middle East, White House, Barack Obama, Islam, Human RightsSuzan Johnson Cook raised more questions than she answered on a...

White House Condemns Prosecution of American Alan Gross in Cuba

Filed under: George W. Bush, Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Human RightsGross, who was reportedly working to distribute satellite phones and computer equipment when arrested, has been held in Cuba since late 20...

Cairo Is Not Berlin: The Folly of Mistaking Egypt for the Former Eastern Bloc

Filed under: George W. Bush, Bush Administration, Religion, Obama Administration, National Security, International, Military, European Union, Analysis, Field Notes, Barack Obama, Islam, Human RightsFor the United States, there are big differences betwe...

Julian Assange and Bradley Manning: A Tale of Two Arrests

Filed under: National Security, Woman Up, International, United Kingdom, WikiLeaks, Human RightsThe WikiLeaks scandal has entwined two men who seem like bookends to the same story. But Assange is on house arrest and has book and film deals, while Manni...

Reid Calls Chinese President a ‘Dictator’ as State Visit Begins

The remark is likely to make the start of Hu Jintao's first state visit to Washington, D.C., awkward for President Obama at a moment when the U.S. is trying to ease tensions with the Asian power. Permalink | Email this | Linkin...

Celebrities Call on Iran to Free Ashtiani, Who Faces Death by Stoning

Filed under: Iran, Woman Up, International, Human RightsSting and Robert Redford were among 80 stars to sign an ad in the Times of London demanding the release of the 43-year-old woman. Human rights groups say she was coerced into confessing murder and...

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