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"Come on Auntie Beeb&8230;Get on With It!
The BBC continues to draw sharp criticism for its refusal to air a charity event for the humanitarian crisis in…
January 26, 2009
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Silence Is Betrayal
Over 10 years ago, I worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As a legal advisor, I researched Israeli policy and…
January 26, 2009
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There&039;s nothing backwards about accountability.
What’s all this talk about not wanting to look backward? Inquiries from the ACLU to the U.S. Senate produce more…
January 26, 2009
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CSI: Texas Style
Larry Swearingen has received a stay of execution.  He was one of 14 prisoners scheduled for execution in Texas between the…
January 26, 2009
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The Question of Innocence: A "Brooding Omnipresence"
In Texas, Larry Swearingen has been granted permission by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to file…
January 26, 2009
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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…
January 24, 2009
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Obama Appoints New Mideast Envoy, Comments on Gaza
President Barack Obama has earned early accolades for appointing former Senator George Mitchell to be his Middle East envoy. Mitchell,…
January 23, 2009
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The Killing of Children in Gaza
Sir John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, said he was said he was shocked by "the systematic nature of the…
January 23, 2009
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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…
January 23, 2009
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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…
January 23, 2009
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"You&039;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…
January 23, 2009
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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…
January 23, 2009