Winter 2002
Speaking Out on Iraq
By Irene Khan and Paul Hoffman
Amnesty International's position on human rights and the threat of war in Iraq explained in a letter to members from Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan and Paul Hoffman, Chair of AI's International Executive Committee. | More »
False Confessions: Scaring Suspects to Death
By Edwin Dobb
When police interrogators manipulate suspects into confessing to crimes they didn't commit, innocent people end up on death row. | More »
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
By Chris Hedges
A veteran correspondent argues that, while war is certainly hell, it also fills a spiritual void. The sense of meaning that war imparts is why it is as seductive as love, as addictive as crack. | More »
Lethal Injection: Medical Devices That Kill
By William Carlsen
Every year reuse of dirty syringes infects millions of people with AIDS and hepatitis and causes 1.3 million early deaths and 26 million of years of life lost. | More »
The General and the Genocide
By Terry J. Allen
Gen. Romeo Dallaire defied U.N. orders to withdraw from Rwanda. Then without the authority, manpower, or equipment to stop the slaughter, he simply saved the lives he could and nearly lost his sanity.| More »
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