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FBI Adds Torture Charges Against Maduro as US Faces Questions Over Its Abuses
New torture charges against Maduro come as the US faces scrutiny over its treatment of migrants.
Christa Pike Hospitalized After Surviving 2 Lethal Injection Doses in Tennessee
This represents the second failed attempt at an execution via lethal injection in Tennessee this year alone.
Tennessee Attempted to Execute a Sexual Assault Victim
Christa Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years.
Deportation Case of Palestinian Activist Salah Sarsour Tests First Amendment
Sarsour, the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, says he is being targeted for speaking out about Palestine.
Gaza Journalists Released From Israeli Jails Say Their Jobs Made Them Targets
What happens when journalistic work itself becomes the justification for imprisonment, beatings, and insults?
40 Democrats Demand Israel Free Sami Safi, US Citizen Detained Without Charges
Lawmakers warn Rubio that Safi, who has chronic health issues, may die in Israeli prison if he doesn’t take action.
Released Detainees Say They Saw Hussam Abu Safiya Tortured in Israeli Custody
Those who spent time with the Gaza doctor describe systematic beatings, dog attacks, and deliberate medical neglect.
Israel Moves Gaza Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya to Solitary Confinement
Abu Safiya was “one of the most prominent voices of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector,” according to Amnesty.
For 25 Years, the War on Terror Has Turbocharged Surveillance and Imperialism
Truthout and Haymarket Books examine the world made by the War on Terror and the struggle against it.
Farmers Describe Torture From US-Ecuadorian Joint Military Operation
A US official testified that the “Operation Total Extermination” attacks were “just the beginning” of a broader campaign.