The reactionary “justices” seem more inclined to shield corporate profits than to protect people’s health and safety.
Human Rights and Global Wrongs
In her column, “Human Rights and Global Wrongs,” legal and political analyst Marjorie Cohn provides a critique of U.S. militarism, racist police violence, immigration policy, torture, the death penalty, surveillance, attacks on whistleblowers, executive branch lawbreaking, the Supreme Court, and violations of U.S. and international law. Truthout is proud to have her in our lineup as a regular commentator.
The U.K. High Court accepted U.S. “assurances” of humane treatment if Julian Assange is extradited.
The six right-wing justices are poised to gut the right to an abortion.
Racism has infected every aspect of this case.
The “terrorist” designations are aimed at depriving human rights groups of funding.
Texas’s near-total abortion ban could be a model for targeting other constitutional rights.
The British district judge denied Julian Assange’s extradition due to his high risk of suicide in U.S. prisons.
The High Court should affirm the district court’s denial of extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S.
The Biden administration is trying to prevent testimony by the psychologists who orchestrated Abu Zubaydah’s torture.
A pro-Chevron judge sentenced Steven Donziger to prison for refusing to hand Chevron confidential client communications.