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How Assad’s Torture Machine Crushed Dissent in Syria
A shocking exposé looks at how Bashar al-Assad’s government has jailed and tortured tens of thousands of Syrians.
ALEC Wants to Make Protest Illegal in Illinois
Dangerous anti-protest legislation is working its way through state assemblies all across the U.S.
Mainstream Charities Are Bankrolling Islamophobic Hate Groups
More than 1,000 nonprofit foundations poured $125 million into 39 anti-Muslim organizations from 2014 to 2016.
Israeli Law Silences and Punishes Critics and Human Rights Workers
The self-proclaimed only “real” democracy in the Middle East is busy deporting its critics.
White Supremacy and Christian Hegemony Came to a Head in Poway Violence
The shooting reveals the complexity of white supremacy's relationship to Christian power.
The War on Drugs Is Just One of Several Being Waged in the Philippines
“CounterSpin” interviews Amee Chew on the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte.
UN to Launch Global Campaign Against Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples
The initiative aims to protect them from persecution, murder and imprisonment on falsified charges.
Trump Administration Guts UN Resolution to End Rape as a Weapon of War
The resolution was weakened after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether.
Trump Administration Forces UN to Water Down Anti-Rape Resolution
The U.S. threatened to veto the resolution entirely over language referring to “sexual and reproductive health.”
Trump Officials Want to Veto UN Measure Opposing Rape as Weapon of War
The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for survivors of rape.