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What Nkunda Wants
[caption id="attachment_381" align="alignleft" width="108" caption="Alice Eve"][/caption] Laurent Nkunda considers himself a man of diplomacy and politics. Unfortunately, whether we agree or not has become academic. This war criminal has a…
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No Rational Explanation
[caption id="attachment_366" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Washington State flag"][/caption] The death penalty isn’t as popular out West as it is down South. For example, there hasn’t been an execution in Washington since…
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New Prez, How to End Impunity for Military Contractors
This week, Human Rights First (HRF) issued a report, "How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors: Blueprint for the Next Administration". The report helpfully encapsulates many of…
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US-Iraq Security Agreement Forgets Blackwater
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran the headline US Contractors Lose Immunity in Iraq Security Deal. But, if what comes to your mind when you think of US contractors operating in…
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It's Separation of Church and State, Stupid
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="© Emad Nasry"][/caption] Not persecution of the Church by the State. Unfortunately for Patriarch "Abune" Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the government of Eritrea doesn't…
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How Will YOU Celebrate Human Rights Day?
Now, the outgoing Bush administration’s plans for celebrating Human Rights Day ’08 can finally be revealed! On December 10, they are going to carry out the first U.S. Military execution…
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Obama Renews Comittment to Human Rights on 60 Minutes
The tide of American politics is changing. That much is clear. Barack Obama has inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and has repeatedly stated that he will…
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You're Free to Go Now…Just Kidding!
Can someone please explain this to me? How is it OK to arrest someone, send them to Guantánamo, keep them there a couple years, clear them for release, and then…
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Troy Davis Gets Hearing
The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for December 9 in the case of Troy Davis.  This was something that Davis’ lawyers requested, and…
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To Russia, No Love: We Won't Let You Forget Anna
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya's 2006 murder is an unwavering symbol of Russia's suppression of press freedom and human rights defenders. Her scathing reports on human rights abuses in Chechnya shamed government officials…
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"… whether Davis may be executed if he can establish actual innocence …"
[caption id="attachment_264" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Troy Davis rally, Atlanta, Sept. 11, 2008"][/caption] This is one of the questions before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, which is currently considering…
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Forced Eviction in the Name of Progress?
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="A Group 78 resident holds up a drawing showing the size of the land to which she has strong claims. © CLEC"] [/caption] How many times, in…