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Human Rights

A Teacher in Kabul

Zekerullah yearns for knowledge as well as justice, and he's willing to sacrifice for both.

Residents, Civil Rights Attorneys Urge Judge to Restore Water Services Until Litigation is Resolved
Lawyers and activists in Detroit are fighting to keep the City Emergency management from re-starting the cutting off of city water to strapped residents.

Tar Sands, Trade Rules and the Gutting of Human Rights for Corporate Profit
A new report released today from IATP takes an in-depth look at how tar sands have developed from an unconventional, inefficient energy source to the spotlight of the corporate …

Court Hears Missing US Citizen Has Been Transferred to Secretive, US-Funded Yemeni Court
Sharif Mobley, from New Jersey, disappeared from Sana'a Central Prison six months ago and has been held in secret detention ever since.

For the Betterment of the City
Despite California's historic drought, San Francisco's homeless will continue to be forced off Market Street with pressurized water.

Activist Mab Segrest Discusses Civil Rights, History of Structural Racism in the US
From police killings, to Stand Your Ground laws, to Medicaid refusal in majority-minority states, 50 years after Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Act, activist Mab Segrest says structural …

Crying for Sandy Hook, Arming Israel: America’s Descent into Madness
Those who commit the mass murder of children don't get to mourn the mass murder of children.

US Judge Orders Independent Doctors to Evaluate Gravely Ill Guantanamo Hunger Striker
Mr. Dhiab is asking the court to order a halt to the abusive and needlessly brutal practices that are currently being used to force-feed him, which include removing his …

Pregnant Women and Immigrant Children: The Latest Victims of Mass Imprisonment?
A Tennessee law recently signed by Gov. Bill Haslam criminalizes women who ingest narcotics while pregnant.

Irish Teenager Among Prisoners Set for Egypt Mass Trial
That the Egyptian government has arrested and tortured children, in contravention of its own and international law, is horrifying enough.