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World’s Top Investigators Call for Gaza Inquiry
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) The top dogs of international justice and reconciliation today called on UN Secretary General Ban…
March 16, 2009
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Congolese Women Fight Sexual Violence
In a powerful new video Oxfam America shows the fight of Congolese women against sexual violence (thanks to change.org for…
March 16, 2009
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Iraq: 128 Executions Planned
On Monday, March 9, the Iraqi government announced to Amnesty International that 128 death sentences have been ratified, and that…
March 16, 2009
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Gestapo vs. USA
As if we needed more justification for a commission of inquiry, a new secret report by the International Committee of…
March 16, 2009
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(Trying to) block out the world
On Thursday, March 12th, Amnesty USA posted a new web action aimed at getting Sudan to reinstate the operations of 13…
March 14, 2009
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US citizen critically injured protesting illegal wall in Ni&039;ilin, West Bank
Tristan Anderson, a 37 year old American, was shot in the head by Israeli forces with a high velocity tear…
March 14, 2009
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Anyone have any Doubts about al Bashir?
As Alertnet is reporting, relief efforts in Sudan are “plunging into Chaos” after Sudanese president Omar al Bashir ordered 16…
March 13, 2009
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The Gift that keeps on Giving
The appointment of Daniel Fried, a career diplomat who has formerly been both Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of…
March 13, 2009
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Why Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! need to be reined in
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) Reporters without Borders (RWB) today issued its "Enemies of the Internet" report, exposing state censorship…
March 12, 2009
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One in Three
Native American and Alaska Native women face a 1 in 3 chance of being raped in their lifetime. The numbers…
March 12, 2009
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Putting a Face to Internet Censorship
I wasn't going to post again today, but I was just reading Erica's post, and I went to Daily Kos…
March 12, 2009
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The Canary in the Coalmine
As the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility prepares to release its long awaited report on former Office of Legal…
March 11, 2009