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The Battle Over NDAA’s Police-State Provisions Continues in Court
Accompanying the lawsuit is an aggressive campaign to spread awareness about the consequences of the NDAA.
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The Children Are Still Dying: Violence is Not News
Ramzy Baroud discusses how, in the face of war, it is the children who face the most painful loss.
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Do US Prisons Violate European Human Rights Law?
An interview with Hamja Ahsan and Aviva Stahl discussing the extreme importance of the upcoming Grand Chamber ruling for the six appellants fighting their extradition.
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Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters
When we allow governments to forfeit our civil rights to protect
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Ecuador Defies UK/US Pressure, Gives Assange Asylum
Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights: International humanitarian law trumps extradition treaties.
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Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Deepwater Drilling Reaches Historic Highs Despite Risks, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Republicans admit eliminating weekend voting would make it harder for some African-Americans to make it to the polls; BP is looking for …
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Official Statement by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange From the Ecuadorian Embassy
“The US administration's war on whistle-blowers must end.”
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Men Explain Things to Me: Facts Didn’t Get in Their Way
He was already telling me about the very important book — with that smug look I know so well in a man holding forth, eyes fixed on the fuzzy …
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The Government Can Track You by Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant
Civil liberties groups say the broad ruling, handed down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio, could have sweeping impacts on the Fourth Amendment privacy rights of …