Blog
Blackwater Indictment Good Step; Better Law Next Step
In indicting five Blackwater personnel, and accepting a guilty plea of a sixth, for the 2007 Nisour Square shootings resulting…
December 8, 2008
Blog
Do Desperate Times Really Call For Desperate Measures?
Recently, lawmakers in Mexico have proposed reinstating the death penalty to deal with rising kidnapping and murder rates. According to…
December 5, 2008
Blog
Time to Start Writing, Stamping, and Sending!
Today is the first official day of Amnesty International's 2008 Global Write-a-thon! Over the next week and a half, thousands…
December 5, 2008
Blog
A Sad Anniversary
Remember these men from Indonesia? Monday was the four year anniversary of their arrest, and Amnesty is encouraging people to…
December 4, 2008
Blog
The Real Story Behind Abu Ghraib
Standard Operating Procedure, directed by Errol Morris, tells the dark story behind the infamous photographs of detainee abuse and humiliation…
December 3, 2008
Blog
Can a Women's Rights Treaty Make any Difference?
Earlier this week, President-elect Obama made a commitment to push for Senate ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All…
December 3, 2008
Blog
Inmate ordered off death row in North Carolina
Clinton Smith, a man sentenced to die in 1998 for the death of his daughter, was ordered off death row…
December 3, 2008
Blog
A Stronger US Stance Against Mass Atrocities?
With every day that passes, grave human rights violations continue in places like Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and…
December 2, 2008
Blog
Parliamentarians Debate Women's Rights
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is bringing together members of parliament from around the world this week for a conference on “A…
December 2, 2008
Blog
Is it worth the risk, Maryland?
When testifying before state lawmakers in 2007, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley asked “Can the death penalty ever be justified as…
December 2, 2008
Blog
AIDS is a Human Rights Issue
Today is twenthieth anniversary of the first World AIDS Day, established to commemorate those who have died of the disease…
December 1, 2008
Blog
Rally Echoes Congolese Plea for Help
Rallying in front of the White House on November 23, I joined over 100 activists in expressing our concern for…
November 26, 2008