Spring 2007
Criminal Inheritance
By Matthew McAllester
"Chuckie" Taylor was a notorious
henchman for his father, whose merciless
presidency defined a generation of fear
in Liberia. While Charles Taylor faces a
war crimes trial at The Hague, his son
"Chuckie" will be making history of his
own in U.S. federal court.| More
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Disappeared, But Not Silenced
Interview by Cameron Abadi
Khaled El-Masri was kidnapped by the CIA, tortured and thrown
in a secret prison in Afghanistan. His fight for the truth and a
measure of justice is unraveling a web of clandestine intelligence
operations and dirty diplomatic secrets.| More
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Dominion of Evil
By Steven Ambrus
Colombia's paramilitary demobilization is
unearthing the staggering magnitude of
paramilitary terror-and the unholy alliance
of political, military and business leaders
that sustained it.| More
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2008 Olympic Shames
By Alyssa Misner
China's frenzied efforts to prepare its capital for the 2008
Olympics have led to one broken promise after another on
human rights. Chinese authorities have tightened their grip on the
media and shrugged off international norms on housing, work
and mental health rights in a massive urban "cleanup," according
to a September 2006 Amnesty International report submitted to
the International Olympic Committee (IOC).| More »
The U.S. Death Penalty: Reaching the Tipping Point, State by State
By Alyssa Misner
Thirty years after the United States resumed capital
punishment, and some 1,000 executions later, individual
state challenges are bringing the country closer to a tipping
point that may eventually bring about the abolition of the
death penalty. |
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The America I Believe In
By Clay Westrope
"The United States is committed to the worldwide elimination of torture, and we
are leading this fight by example," stated President Bush in 2003. Yet Guantánamo
remains open, extraordinary renditions are still happening and hundreds of prisoners
are locked up without trial or legal recourse.|
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