How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies
The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 18Business China, Guantanamo, Cold War
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Gitmo hunger strike reaches 100th day
30 out of more than 100 strikers are being tube-fed as the protest hits a grim milestone
Friday, May 17, 2013 7:36 PM UTC 18News gitmo, guantanamo hunger strike
Indian child trafficking on the rise
Approximately 90,000 children went missing in India in 2011 alone. Nearly half of these cases remain unsolved
Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:00 PM UTCSocial GlobalPost, India
It’s time for Democrats to ditch Andrew Jackson
As Biden speaks at event named for Old Hickory tonight, more appalling stories show party should dump him as icon
Friday, May 3, 2013 3:48 PM UTC 100Elections Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory
UN: Gitmo force-feeding is inhumane
Senior UN officials say that the force-feeding of hunger strikers breaches international medical standards
Friday, May 3, 2013 1:55 PM UTCNews guantanamo hunger strike
Navy sends extra medics to deal with Gitmo hunger strikers
Over two-thirds of the camp now officially on hunger strike, former Guantanamo prosecutor fears detainee deaths
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:11 PM UTCNews guantanamo hunger strike
Gitmo hunger strike growing by the day
Even conservative official figures now put the number of striking inmates over 90
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 6:40 PM UTCNews gitmo, guantanamo hunger strike
Nearly half inmates at Gitmo officially on hunger strike
Even official numbers, which have long been conservative, list 77 hunger strikers
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 8:35 PM UTCNews Guantanamo Bay, Hunger Strike
Turkish pianist sentenced to jail for criticizing Islam on Twitter
42 year-old Fazil Say will receive 10 months in prison for his tweets
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 2:03 PM UTC 10Entertainment Turkey, Islam, Religion
Attorneys: Gitmo hunger strike could lead to deaths
Dramatic weight loss and at least one suicide attempt -- the situation is deadly say detainees' lawyers
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 8:15 PM UTCNews Guantanamo Bay, Hunger Strike
British personnel reveal abuses at U.S. Baghdad base
Detainees were electric shocked, beaten and held in kennel-sized cells at secret Camp Nama
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 1:50 PM UTCNews Torture, Human Rights, Iraq
With Hillary gone, will State Department still prioritize women?
Foggy Bottom was run by a great champion for women. What are John Kerry's plans?
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 3:00 PM UTCPolitics women, John Kerry
In defense of open borders
With non-state actors replacing traditional nation-boundaries, it's time to rethink individual and societal rights
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 14Social Jacobin, Immigration, Borders
Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle
The Venezuelan leader was often marginalized as a radical. But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 12:30 PM UTC 105Politics Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Socialism
U.S. called on to release report on CIA torture
U.N. human rights advocate demands details on Bush-era CIA program, including 6,000-page Senate intelligence report
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 2:29 PM UTCNews U.N., Extraordinary Rendition
Report: 54 countries supported CIA rendition
More than a quarter of the world's governments covertly helped the U.S.'s controversial program
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 3:44 PM UTCNews Torture
U.N. panel: Israeli settlements break international law
The Human Rights Council said practice of “creeping annexation” clearly violates human rights of Palestinians
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 4:47 PM UTCNews Israel, Palestine, UN, Human Rights
Human Rights Watch decries U.S. prison system
The NGO's World Report criticizes mass incarceration and U.S. record of torture and extrajudicial killing
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 3:25 PM UTCNews Human Rights
Yemen’s human rights minister criticizes U.S. drone strikes
Following amped up attacks in recent weeks, the cabinet minister expressed concern about civilian deaths
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 4:56 PM UTCTechnology Yemen, Drones, Shadow War, Al-Qaida
Harsh regimes use US-made surveillance, censorship technologies
Canadian human rights group finds countries including Bahrain use Blue Coat devices to track and censor
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 2:23 PM UTCTechnology Surveillance, Censorship
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