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Hope and Change? U.S. makes 900 million pledge to Gaza
Yesterday, the U.S. State Department leaked an upcoming pledge of $900 million to reconstruct Gaza and support the Palestinian Authority. …
February 24, 2009
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Azerbaijan: Popular Website Temporarily Closed
First they came after dissenting newspapers such as Realni Azerbaijan. Then they came after foreign broadcasts such as BBC and…
February 22, 2009
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Egypt vs. the Bloggers
Days after Egyptian authorities went after one blogger critical of the government's policy on Gaza and human rights, they're now…
February 21, 2009
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Calls Grow to Investigate Bush Detention Policies
Yesterday a coalition of 18 leading human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute…
February 20, 2009
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One Man&039;s Story
“I am not asking to be taken at my word and to be released, although I very much want to…
February 19, 2009
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Under Fire: White Phosphorus, Civilians, and Arkansas
Israeli army 'using white phosphorus' - 12 January 2008 White phosphorus, often supplied by the US, has accounted for approximately…
February 19, 2009
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"What went on here?" : U.S. Lawmakers Assess the Damage in Gaza
In the first congressional visit since Hamas was elected in 2006, Representative Brian Baird from Washington, Rep. Keith Ellison from…
February 19, 2009
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An Interrogator Speaks
I should have felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August 2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My…
February 19, 2009
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The Torture Memos Won&039;t Go Away
In the Afterword to her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into…
February 18, 2009
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Egypt: Ayman Nour - released!
Unexpectedly, good news from Egypt. The government has released Ayman Nour, one of the country’s most prominent dissidents who came…
February 18, 2009
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Major settlement expansion announced in West Bank
Palestinian land was declared 'state lands' recently by Israel to expand the settlement of Efrat, near Bethlehem. This announcement was made just two…
February 17, 2009
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Back to the Future
On Monday the International Commission of Jurists released the results of a three-year global study "Assessing Damage, Urging Action" into…
February 17, 2009