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Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.
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![Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in court in Moscow, Russia on April 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1251952750-400x300.jpg)
Biden Hypocritically Slams Arrest of US Journalist in Russia But Pursues Assange
The double standards of the U.S. government are on full display in the lead-up to World Press Freedom Day.
![Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones speaks into a microphone while pointing at the sky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0413-justin-jones-400x300.jpg)
Tennessee Lawmakers Aren’t the First Progressives Expelled for Their Activism
John Wilkes, Adam Clayton Powell, and Julian Bond were elected, excluded and returned to the legislature.
![Donald Trump exits a building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0406-doanld-trump-400x300.jpg)
New York Indictment Is Just the Beginning of Trump’s Mounting Legal Woes
The New York district attorney's case against Trump is a strong one.
![Karim Ahmad Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visits Kyiv and territories which were occupied by Russia in Ukraine, April 14, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1239995150-400x300.jpg)
ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes While US and Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity
The U.S. celebrates the charges against Putin, but pressures the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans.
![President George W. Bush addresses military personnel and coalition forces at U.S. Camp Arifjan, 35 miles south of Kuwait City, on January 12, 2008.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0320-bush-iraq-400x300.jpg)
For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq
One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.
![Daniel Ellsberg gives the peace sign during a protest on December 16, 2010, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0314-daniel-ellsberg-400x300.jpg)
Daniel Ellsberg Is Calling on All of Us to Work to Avert Nuclear War
The legendary whistleblower has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
![People rally in the rain to show support for the Biden administration's student debt relief plan in front of the the Supreme Court on February 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0302-supreme-court-400x300.jpg)
Student Loan Forgiveness Program Appears Headed for Defeat in the Supreme Court
The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt.
![Around 300 people protest Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order requiring state agencies to divest from organizations that support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions, on June 9, 2016, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-539161654-400x300.jpg)
Arkansas’s Anti-BDS Law Remains in Effect Because SCOTUS Refused to Review It
Politically motivated consumer boycotts have played a central role throughout U.S. history.
![Joe Biden pumps his fist while embracing Israeli president Isaac Herzog](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0222-biden-israel-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Takes Its Capitulation to Israel to an Absurd New Level
An independent human rights expert was denied a post for accurately criticizing Israel.
![Palestinians mourn during the funeral of Abdullah Sami Qalalweh at his village of al-Judaydeh south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, on February 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1246782263-400x300.jpg)
New Israeli Regime Moves Toward “Cleansing” All Palestinians From Palestine
Israel’s new fascist government has increased the collective punishment of Palestinians — a war crime.