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Exec Orders – Did you see the part about contractors?
One positive piece of President Obama’s much heralded executive orders that seems to be overlooked in all the excitement is the unambiguous statement that contractor abuses fall within the scope…
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On the ground in Gaza
An Amnesty International delegation recently entered Gaza shortly before Israeli attacks ended to document the true scale of devastation wrought on civilians. Amnesty researcher Donatella Rovera has been keeping a…
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Freed GTMO Detainee Becomes Al Qaeda Chief? Blame Bush (and Clinton).
In a case of interesting timing, today’s New York Times reports in "Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief"  that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a deputy leader of…
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"You're All Going to Hell"
Those were the words shouted at me and several hundred other people as we were walking to the National Mall to attend Obama's inauguration. (More about our petition action there…
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DRC: 40,000 Signatures for Obama
When I came to work one day this week, I found two thick packages at my desk: They were filled with signed petitions on ending sexual violence in the Democratic…
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Weapons in Iraq Still at Risk of Loss or Theft
Tens of thousands of arms captured from insurgent armed groups in Iraq have yet to be recorded by Iraqi or U.S. authorities making it easier for the weapons to be…
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Call To Action, Obama's Orders
The Counter Terror With Justice campaign and Amnesty International volunteers were on the National Mall yesterday, gathering 100 Days petition signatures before the inauguration and wearing orange and holding signs on the…
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14 Reasons for Accountability
Below is a list of 14 reasons why I think it's important to thoroughly investigate interrogation and detention practices and policies since 9/11/01 and to initiate criminal prosecutions where evidence…
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Maryland Abolition Takes Another Step Forward
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has announced, via a Washington Post article among other places, that he intends to personally sponsor a death penalty repeal bill and will “do ‘everything in…
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Israel Foreign Minister Livni in DC
On my way to work this morning, I noticed a brief mention in the paper that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice…
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China's e-blockade a blow to human rights victims of the world
It's not surprising that with the Olympics come and gone, reports are surfacing of China's cracking down of the Internet, again, and with the help, of course, of Chinese and US companies,…
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Sri Lankan Civilians Trapped in War Zone Urgently Need Protection
You may not have heard about it, but there’s a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka right now – over 250,000 civilians are trapped in the war zone between the Sri…