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Poland “Facilitated” CIA Torture in European Secret Prison, Court Rules
The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that the Polish government was not only aware of but actively assisted the CIA's European black site program.
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India’s Great Invisible Workforce
A whopping 160 million women in India, are confined to their homes rather than gainfully employed in the formal job sector.
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Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.
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“Mad Men” and the Triumph of the Insubstantial
The TV show “Mad Men” captures a moment when we began, slowly, to shift from substance to image, anticipating a laptop capitalism of the 21st century.
Statement by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The situation in the occupied Gaza Strip is critical for the civilians living there and requires urgent attention.
An Open Letter for the People in Gaza
Leading doctors and scientists denounce Gaza violence.
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Detroit Water Shut-Offs Are on Hold, but for How Long?
If Detroit is really interested in regaining financial solvency, they will apply the same tactics to the businesses that are hundreds of thousands behind in their own bills.
Harassing the Drones
Judge David Gideon sentenced Mary Anne Grady Flores to a year in prison and fined her $1,000 for photographing a peaceful demonstration at the US Air National Guard's 174th …
Libyan Renditions Case In Court As UK “Lobbies for Secrecy” In Key Torture Report
Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, an anti-Gaddafi dissident, and his wife Fatima Boudchar, who was five months pregnant at the time, were kidnapped and flown to Muammar Gaddafi's prisons in 2004.
Veterans Deliver Letter to Israeli Ambassador
Stop the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza!