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Accounts of Syria Rebels Executing Prisoners Raise New Human Rights Concerns
This week, a rebel commander in Damascus said that over the months his unit had executed perhaps 150 people it had detained on suspicion of being pro-Assad informants.
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Did the NYPD Break International Law in Suppressing Protest?
How the NYPD used excessive force, arrested reporters, and broke international law in their handling of Occupy.
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Top DHS Officials Went Ballistic Over Rolling Stone Contributor Michael Hastings’ OWS Report, Internal Emails Show
Internal emails reveal DHS planned to challenge purported inaccuracies in a news story on surveillance of Occupy, but the inaccuracies appear to be confined to the agency's own documents.
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US Intervention Continues to Undermine Egyptian Revolution
Human rights delegation to Egypt concludes any future support to the Egyptian government must meet the people's real needs, not promote the interests of foreign and local elites.
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Trafficked Into Tragedy: Abuse of Immigrant Workers In Afghanistan and Iraq
On every military base in Iraq and Afghanistan exists an economy sustained by immigrant workers. For transportation, construction, food services, security and more, the United States government relies on …
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US Policing: Institutionalizing Brutality?
Orange County news editor points out cops' cavalier attitude, along with the shooting itself, contributed to community outrage after Manuel Diaz's death.
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“Carwasheros” Cleaning Up L.A.’s Carwash Industry
The Los Angeles area is notorious for the plethora of cars that clog its roads and highways. Less known, however, are the rampant labor violations prevalent in LAu2019s carwash …
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Democracy and Slaughter in Burma: Gold Rush Overrides Human Rights
The widespread killings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma u2013 or Myanmar - have received only passing and dispassionate coverage in most media. What they actually warrant is widespread outrage …
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The Greatest Crimes Against Humanity Are Perpetrated by People Just Doing Their Jobs
The most dangerous forces in the industrialized world are people who are just doing their jobs - the little chores that make vast, complicated systems of exploitation and death …
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Anger and Political Culture: A Time for Outrage!
Stu00e9phane Hessel (b. 1917), the French diplomat, ambassador, writer, resistance fighter and human rights advocate, wrote a 32-page essay published as a polemic that recalled the values he had …