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July 25, 2010
7/25/10 Chardy, Miami Herald, Families head to D.C. to protest deportations
7/25/10 BBC, Afghan villagers claim Nato attack killed civilians
July 24, 2010
7/24/10 Cockburn, Independent, Toxic Legacy of US Assault on Fallujah 'Worse Than Hiroshima'
7/24/10 Neo, AFP, UN Rights Council Names Team to Probe Israel Flotilla Raid
July 17, 2010
7/17/10 Al Jazeera, Hundreds killed in Darfur fighting
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Dilanian, McClatchy, CIA Exceeded Interrogation Limits, Former Justice Dept. Official Says
7/16/10 Youngers, FPIF, Finally, a Forum for Victims of the "Wars on Drugs"
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Deen, IPS, Water as Human Right Threatens to Split World Body
7/15/10 Flanz, CSM, In Kenya slums, women risk rape daily to get to a bathroom
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Charles, Miami Herald, Human-trafficking battle is promoted
July 4, 2010
7/04/10 Hanes, CSM, Locked out: The 12 million people without a country, and their need to become a citizen
July 3, 2010
7/03/10 Greenwald, Salon.com, Bill Keller's self-defense on "torture"
7/02/10 Clark, McClatchy, Pentagon ban on Guantanamo reporters is illegal, group says
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 Stracansky, IPS, 'This Is Worse Than Guantanamo'
7/02/10 BBC, Top Rwanda genocide suspect Uwinkindi seized in Uganda
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Ross, IntelDaily, The cowardice of CIA and Pentagon torturers
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 Al Jazeera, EU states 'use outsourced torture'
6/29/10 Katine, Guardian, Just give money: Can cash transfer schemes end poverty?
June 28, 2010
6/28/10 Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Guantanamo's 'Closer' leaves new admiral, 181 prisoners behind
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 Gatehouse, BBC, Iraqi asylum seekers deported from UK 'still detained'
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Afghan detainees must be safeguarded against abuse, says high court
6/25/10 Peck, ITT, Certifying 'Blood Chocolate'
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 Stearns, CSM, An Israeli tycoon, the Virgin Islands, and Africa's blood diamonds
June 17, 2010
6/17/10 Deen, Asia Times, All at sea over flotilla probes
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 CNN, More aid arrives for those fleeing Kyrgyzstan
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 DeepJournal, Supreme Court: Torture and Rendition Victim Maher Arar Cannot Sue in US Courts
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 VOA, Report: US-Backed Somali Government Using Child Soldiers
6/14/10 Al Jazeera, Abuse of Palestinians 'widespread'
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Judge Sides with Guantanamo Detainee
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Reuters, Israel eases Gaza embargo to allow snack food
6/09/10 LAT/AP, Border Patrol in El Paso kills Mexican teen
6/09/10 Mulder, IPS, Oil Consortium Behind War Crimes - Aid Agencies
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Dozier, AP, Report says Doctors Helped Refine Harsh Methods
6/07/10 McGreal, Guardian, Hacker turns in US soldier over WikiLeaks Iraq video
June 6, 2010
6/06/10 Bauman, MoJo, Did the Bush Administration Experiment on Detainees?
June 5, 2010
6/05/10 Sakur, BBC, A Sri Lankan re-education for Tamil child soldiers
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 AFP, CIA Drones Claim 'License to Kill' with Impunity: UN Expert
May 26, 2010
5/26/10 Doucet, BBC, Inside Afghanistan's most notorious prison
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Lobe, IPS, NGOs Call on Obama to Move Swiftly Against LRA
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Frykberg, IPS, US Funds Apartheid Roads on West Bank
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Kayira, CSM, Malawi gives gay couple 14 years in jail; public cheers
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Knutson, ProPublica, Justice Department Opens Probe of NOPD
5/18/10 Brown, Times Online, Chilcot Iraq War Inquiry Team Quizzes US Officials in Secret
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Miller, PSL, Supreme Court gives OK to cruel treatment of immigrant detainees
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 BBC, Meeting Millenium Development Goals
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Shapiro, CSM, Mothers in Congo get help in raising children of rape
May 2, 2010
5/02/10 Fessy, BBC, Top UN man investigates massacre claims in DR Congo
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 Fisher, IPS, US to Face Litany of Complaints at UN Human Rights Council
4/28/10 Hodge, Wired, Drone Pilots Could Be Tried for 'War Crimes,' Law Prof Says
4/28/10 Rosenberg, McClatchy, Key issues unanswered by Guantanamo tribunals manual
4/28/10 Christie, Reuters, Torture, rape was norm at illegal Iraq prison: report
April 27, 2010
4/27/10 Kryt, ITT, Return of the Death Squads
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo court to review Canadian's torture claim
April 22, 2010
4/22/10 Witte & De Young, WP, Pakistan holding thousands in indefinite detention, officials say
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Andersson, BBC, Afghans 'abused at secret prison' at Bagram airbase
4/15/10 Calefati, MoJo, Steal This Country - Congo and Coltan
April 12, 2010
4/12/10 Oppel, NYT, U.S. Troops Fire on Bus in Afghanistan, Killing Civilians
April 11, 2010
4/11/10 Reuters, Defense chief backs troops on Apache attack video
April 9, 2010
4/09/40 Lendman, IntelDaily, Imprisoning Palestinian Children
April 8, 2010
4/08/10 Elliott, TPM, New Orleans Cop Explains How Police Gunned Down Unarmed Civilians In Post-Katrina Incident
April 7, 2010
4/07/10 BBC, US military 'trying to retrieve' Iraq killings video
April 6, 2010
4/06/10 Allen, ITT, Offshoring Human Drug Trials
April 3, 2010
4/03/10 Martin, WSWS, Former IAEA chief: Iraq war killed "a million innocent civilians
4/03/10 Thill, DeepJournal, Intelligence Agencies Allegedly Going to Extremes to Suppress Video Confirming Pentagon Massacre Cover-up
4/03/10 Baker & Schweber, NYT, Six Arrested After Girl, 7, Is Gang-Raped in New Jersey
April 2, 2010
4/02/10 AFP, US 'to Begin Profiling Air Passengers'
April 1, 2010
4/01/10 Shanker, Guardian, Mohamed ElBaradei Hits Out at West's Support for Repressive Regimes
March 30, 2010
3/30/10 McGreal, Guardian, Nine teenagers charged over bullying that led to girl's suicide
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 CNN, Rebels kill, kidnap hundreds in remote Congo area
March 20, 2010
3/20/10 BBC, Lethal landmine legacy from battle of El Alamein
March 19, 2010
3/19/10 Fisher, IPS, U.S.: Families Sue Over Guantanamo Deaths
March 17, 2010
3/17/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, America's Secret Prisons
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 AL Jazeera, Somalia signs deal with militia
March 6, 2010
3/06/10 CNN, Official: Armenian genocide resolution unlikely to get full House vote
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Lindorff, TruthOut, Afghanistan's My Lai Massacre
3/05/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Hillary Clinton's Honduran Disgrace
3/05/10 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Senate Debates Indefinite Detentions
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Tran, Guardian, Radovan Karadzic claims Bosnian Muslims 'killed own people' in Sarajevo
3/02/10 Tanner, Guardian, Karadzic's 'holy war'
3/02/10 Marquand, CSM, France arrests Rwandan President's widow, accused in Rwanda genocide
February 26, 2010
2/26/10 Capdevilla, IPS, Death Penalty Phasing Out Worldwide
February 25, 2010
2/25/10 Thompson, ProPublica, Former New Orleans Detective Pleads Guilty in Katrina Shooting Cover-up
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 McCarthy, Guardian, Rachel Corrie's Family Brings Civil Suit over Human Shield's Death in Gaza
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Vanden Huevel, Nation, Snipping at Immigrants' Safety Net
February 20, 2010
2/20/10 Al Jazeera, ICC outrage over Guinea massacre
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 Schulman, MoJo, The War Criminal Next Door
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Berger, IPS, POLITICS: Cluster Bomb Ban to Become Law - Without U.S.
2/17/10 Colson, Socialist Worker, Christian Right kidnappers
2/17/10 Houreld, AP, UN says US aid restrictions hurting hungry Somalis
2/17/10 BBC, Israel makes life very hard for Palestinians, says ICRC
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Hari, Independent, Obama's Secret Prisons in Afghanistan Endanger Us All
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 McGeogh, SMH, America's Deadly Robots Rewrite the Rules of War
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Daniel, TruthOut Bagram, Obama's Secret Penal Colony
February 6, 2010
2/06/10 Boone, Guardian, Thousands of Civilians Flee Afghan Region as Nato Plans Onslaught
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, Child Slavery in Haiti
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Worthington, Deep Journal, UN Secret Detention Report Asks, "Where Are the CIA Ghost Prisoners?"
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Mazelis, WSWS, Harper's Magazine exposes Guantanamo cover-up
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Kaye, Public record, Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck In Afghanistan
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Wilson, AlterNet, Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Movement Organizing in Newark, NJ
1/23/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Obama Quietly Continues to Defend Bush's Terror Policies
1/23/10 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Water a Matter of National Security
1/23/10 BBC, Indefinite Guantanamo detention plans condemned
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Fisher, PublicRecord, Obama Administration Continues To Withhold Vital Information About Bagram Detainees
1/22/10 Ahmed, CSM, In Pakistan, high court investigates 'disappearances' in wake of 9/11
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Spillius, Telegraph, Guantánamo 'Suicides' Were at Secret 'Black' Site
1/19/10 Hsu, WP, Officials Try to Prevent Haitian Earthquake Refugees From Coming to US
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 BBC, US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan
January 12, 2010
1/12/10 CNN, World saw declines in freedom in 2009, think tank finds
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 AFP, CIA Planned to 'Rendition' Suspects in Germany: Report
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Ames, AlterNet, Cerberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their Billions
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 AFP, US Wary Over Granting Bagram Inmates' Rights
1/08/10 Partlow, WP, U.S. military investigates allegations of detainee abuse in Afghanistan
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 Branan, Fresno Bee, Hmong leaders write to Obama
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Mount, CNN, Former Gitmo detainees investigated in airline bombing plot
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Kessel & Klonchendler, IPS, Israel Declares War on NGOs and Human Rights Groups
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 Black, Guardian, Israel Admits Harvesting Palestinian Organs
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 BBC, Genocide charges for two former Khmer Rouge leaders
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, Guantanamo Detainee Deaths
12/14/09 Bauer, KC Star, Hostage House, Part 3: Family link offers solace -- and peril
12/14/09 Savage, NYT, U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Detainees
12/14/09 Vicini, Reuters, Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo torture case
12/14/09 Bauer, KC Star, Sex slaves often victimized twice in U.S. trafficking war
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 McGraw & Bauer, KC Star, Despite US Laws, Thousands Still Virtual Slaves in America
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Al Jazeera, US Iraq jail an 'al-Qaeda school'
12/12/09 Rosenberg, Uganda 'kill the gays' story underscores--bearing false witness lies at 'Religious Right's' core
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC, Who is counting the bodies in Iraq?
December 8, 2009
12/08/09 Allen, ITT, Death by Privatization
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Eley, WSWS, US prepares Fallujah-style offensive in Afghanistan
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 White, Human rights report exposes US abuse of immigrant detainees
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 Rameesh, Guardian, Sri Lanka announces limited freedom for detained Tamil refugees
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 Odulla, AP, 10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Lobe, IPS, Obama's State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty Stance
11/27/09 BBC, Rwanda: African nations block genocide suspects hunt
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Jacobs, NYT, A Rare Chinese Look at Secret Detentions
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 Alexander, Reuters, US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 Kirk, CSM, Philippines massacre: State of emergency declared, but will Arroyo pursue justice?
November 19, 2009
11/18/09 MCLaughlin, CNN, Expert: Child traffickers target runaways, 'throwaways'
11/19/09 BBC, Russia enshrines ban on death penalty
November 14, 2009
11/14/09 Al Jazeera, Palestinians denied access to water with video
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 BBC, South Sudan awaits oil bonanza
11/02/09 BBC, Zimbabwe diamond sales ban urged
11/02/09 BBC, UN drops Congo army over killings
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Marks, CSM, Rising tide of asylum-seekers: Will Australia let them in?
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Morning Star, Civilian massacre 'appropriate'
10/29/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Cluster Bomb Trade Funded by World's Biggest Banks
10/29/09 Haviland, BBC, Sri Lanka outcry over police brutality
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Fernandez, IPS, U.S.: Arizona Renews Push to Criminalise Immigrants
10/28/09 Novak, ITT, America's Real Death Panels
10/28/09 Oppman, CNN, Illegal immigrants struggle to receive back pay
October 27, 2009
10/27/09 BBC, Report: Palestinians Denied Water
10/27/09 Kryt, ITT, The Lonesome Death of Pedro Munoz
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 BBC, Israel debates response to Gaza report
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 VNS, Deputy PM says human trafficking is on the rise
10/23/09 Prusher, CSM, Israel Supreme Court: Open 'apartheid' road to Palestinians
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Malandain, AFP, Screams, Flames Among Horrors of Botched US Executions
10/19/09 France, The Sun, Parents Sell Virgins at Ages 12 for Sex
October 15, 2009
10/15/09 BBC, Uganda MP urges death for gay sex
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Godoy, IPS, MEXICO: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack, UN Warns
October 12, 2009
10/12/09 Montgomery, Star-Telegram, Tim Cole panel begins yearlong look at judicial safeguards
October 10, 2009
10/10/09 Leighton, BBC, Guinea strike call over killings
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Haviland, BBC, Sri Lanka refugees plead for freedom
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 Emmott, Reuters, A Costly US-Mexico Border Wall, in Both Dollars and Deaths
10/02/09 Worthington, IntelDaily, A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That An Innocent Man Was Tortured To Make False Confessions
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Aloisi, Reuters, 'Modern Slave' Migrants Toil in Italy's Tomato Fields
9/29/09 Rice, Guardian, Guinean soldiers massacre 157 pro-democracy protesters
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Baha Mousa inquiry: soldiers 'did not believe humiliating abuse was unlawful'
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 BBC, UK 'should help' Calais migrants
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Park, CNN, 45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Romell Broom and the Barbarism of the Death Penalty
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Vicini & Pelofsky, Reuters, U.S. says seeking 60-day delay in Guantanamo trials
9/16/09 AP, The US military's detention facilities in Iraq
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Plaut, BBC, WFP to shut Somalia food centres
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Ramesh, Guardian, ,a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/13/tamils-camps-sri-lanka">Harrassed Tamils languish in prison-like camps in Sri Lanka
9/13/09 Fordham, CSM, In Iraq's prisons, a culture of abuse
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 CNN, Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 AFP, Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group
September 9, 2009
9/09/09 PressTV, Abducting Algerian Children: New Jewish Organ Theft Gang Busted
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Chomsky, FPIF, Chomsky - Response to Williams re: Serbian
August 27, 2009
8/27/09 Page, Times/UK, Mohammed Jawad: 'I was 12 When I Was Arrested and Sent to Guantanamo'
August 23, 2009
8/23/09 BBC, US 'names secret terror suspects'
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 Beaumont, Guardian, Bombshell report on CIA interrogations is leaked
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Xinhua, India, hub of human trafficking in South Asia: report
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 CNN, Gay men attacked, executed in Iraq, rights group says
August 15, 2009
8/15/09 Yu, Asia Times, China's NGOs fear for the worst
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 BBC, 'Dirty war' general found guilty
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Cratty, CNN, Feds to tour Michigan prison where Gitmo detainees could go
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 AFP, Holder to Name Prosecutor to Probe CIA Abuses: Report
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Fisher, IPS, Rights Groups Appeal For UN Investigation of Rendition
8/07/09 Pawlaczk & Hundsdorfer, BND, Hundreds call governor's office concerning conditions at Tamms prison
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 McDougall, Times Online, African dream turns sour for orphan army
8/02/09 Mshelizza, Reuters, More than 700 killed in Nigeria clashes: Red Cross
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Sharrock, MoJo, First, Do Harm Detainees
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: Killings of Indians Continued During UN Rapporteur's Visit
7/29/09 McCurry, Guardian, 10,000 Uighurs disappeared during unrest in China, exiled leader claims
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Doward, Guardian, Secrets of CIA 'Ghost Flights' to be Revealed
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Benjamin, Salon.com, Did US Forces Watch Afghan Massacre?
7/22/09 Lee, ProPublica, Their Own Private Guantanamo
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 WorldFocus, Burmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia
7/13/09 Reuters, Two indicted in Minnesota on Somali terror charges
7/13/09 Giroux, TruthOut, Obama's Tortured Democracy: The Power of Images and the Politics of State Secrecy
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Notorious Human Rights Abuser Chevron Given "Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Business Excellence"
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 BBC, Sink immigrants' boats - Griffin
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Wardrop, Telegraph, Unmanned Drones Could Be Banned, Says Senior Judge
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Gerstein, Politico, Bush Appointees Buck Barack Obama on Terror Policies
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Linzer & Finn, WP, White House Weighs Order on Detention
2/27/09 BBC, Iran militia raids 'target homes'
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 BBC, Civilians 'Bear the Brunt of War'
6/23/09 Shachtman, Wired, Afghan Airstrike Video Goes Down the Memory Hole
6/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Amazon bill controversy in Brazil
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 BBC, US seeks to stop Geronimo lawsuit
6/22/09 Seager, Guardian, World Bank calls on west to help relieve trillion dollar drain on world's poor
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 CNN, Probe into Afghan civilian deaths: Airstrikes 'appropriate'
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Labott, CNN, Recession boosts global human trafficking, report says
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Al Jazeera, US transfers Guantanamo detainees
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Barnes & Hook, LAT, U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Native Protesters Search for Their Dead
6/11/09 Llana, CSM, To quell protests, Peru suspends Amazon investment laws
6/11/09 BBC, Burma's Karen unable to return home
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement. CARE. May 2009. research copy (36pgs)
6/10/09 Head, BBC, Thai army reinforces Burma border
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Auken, WSWS, Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals
6/08/09 Ross, IntelDaily, Two "School of Americas" Generals Charged In Crimes In Colombia
6/08/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Prisons "Inhuman, Degrading and Cruel" - Supreme Court Report
6/08/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: 'Police Are Throwing Bodies in the River,' Say Native Protesters
6/08/09 BBC, Albino trials begin in Tanzania
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Scahill, IntelDaily, UN Human Rights Council Blasts US for Killing Civilians, Drone Attacks and Using Mercenaries
6/05/09 BBC, Deadly clashes in Peru's Amazon
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Female Afghan MP Warns Congress of Dire Situation After US Airstrikes
6/04/09 CNN, U.N. envoy calls for probe into U.S. drone attacks
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Reuters, U.S. finds mistakes in deadly Afghan air strikes
6/03/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, General Taguba Said He Saw Video of Male Soldier Sodomizing Female Detainee
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 AFP, US Must Release Guantanamo Evidence: Judge
6/02/09 BBC, More bodies in South Africa mine
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Ward, Wa. Independent, Cheney: Death Only Option for Some Detainees if Gitmo Closed
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Fink, AlterNet, Top Secret CIA Cables Reveal Daily 'Medical Updates' on Abu Zubaydah, Who Was Waterboarded 83 Times
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Al Jazeera, Pakistanis protest Swat offensive
5/24/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, UN chief flies into Sri Lanka as Tamils' tales of terror emerge
5/24/09 BBC, Agony in Sri Lanka's refugee camp
5/24/09 Bakri, WP, For Displaced Iraqis, 'No Life'
5/24/09 Grant, CNN, Ex-Taliban claims abuse at Gitmo, Bagram: 'They were beating me'
5/24/09 CNN, U.N. seeks full access to Sri Lankan refugee camps
5/24/09 Rivers, CNN, Refugees survive on food 'cows won't eat'
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 MacAskill, Guardian, Obama and Cheney clash over Guantanamo torture
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Lyall, NYT, Report Details Abuses in Irish Reformatories
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Williams, FPIF, 'The Slave Next Door'
5/18/09 Reuters, Top U.S. officials can't be sued for post-9/11 abuse
5/18/09 Falconer, MoJo, Uncle Sam's Human Lab Rats
5/18/09 Guardian, Congo army rapes, robs and kills civilians, UN told
5/18/09 Kaimi, CNN, Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Bright, CSM, Obama to relaunch military tribunals for terror suspects
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Worthington, CommonDreams, Judge Condemns 'Mosaic' of Guantanamo Intelligence and Unreliable Witnesses
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Sachetti, Boston Globe, US Implored to Stop Deporting Haitians
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Goldstein, CSM, Diplomatic memos reveal Chinese effort to block Guantanamo prisoner's asylum bid
5/12/09 BBC, US elected to UN rights council
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Kulish, NYT, Man Accused of Crimes at a Nazi Camp Is Deported
5/11/09 Gilson, MoJo, Books: Blood and Politics
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 Squires, CSM, Italy to stem a human tide of immigrants
5/10/09 Boone, Guardian, Doctors Raise Phosphorus Concerns After US Strikes in Afghanistan
5/10/09 CNN, Aid worker: Shelling kills 378 civilians in 'no-fire' zone
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Fisher, PSL, Thousands of Roma protest racist attacks and discrimination
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 McCarthy, Guardian, Palestinian Patients 'Interrogated Before Leaving Gaza for Treatment'
May 3, 2009
5/02/09 BBC, Mining a mint in eastern DR Congo
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Taylor, McClatchy, U.S. allies losing asylum bids over definition of 'terrorist'
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Goodman, DemocracyNow, Locked in a Private Immigration Prison, One Man Speaks Out
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, Sri Lanka rebels forcing children to fight, UN says
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Trevelyan, BBC, UN racism event highlights divisions
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Linzer, ProPublica, Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Lindsay-Polland, FPIF, U.S.-Trained Human Rights Abusers
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 McGraw, LC Star, An unruly deportee puts the U.S. in a legal bind
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Jamail, TruthOut, Human Body Parts
4/17/09 Miller, PSL, US demands silence on Palestine, slavery, Islamophobia at racism conference
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Viera, IPS, RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Fact-Finding Mission "Shocked"
4/10/09 McDermott, BBC, Colombian Indians seek security
4/10/09 Long, BBC, Chile police 'victimise Mapuche'
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 IntelDaily, ICRC sheds light on CIA medics role in Gitmo torture
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Baldauf, CSM, Why the US didn't intervene in the Rwandan genocide
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Herman, FPIF, Serb Demonization as Propaganda Coup
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Tawfeek, CNN, Six gay men shot to death in Iraq by tribe members
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Litvinsky, IPS, Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott 'Blood Minerals'
4/02/09 Al Jazeera, Zimbabwe prison called 'death camp'
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Dsane, FirstPost, Panoramic Emotions - Globalization
3/31/09 Roy, Boston Globe, The Silence Surrounding Sri Lanka
3/31/09 Yusuf, CSM, Former Khmer Rouge leader asks for forgiveness
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Gawavde, New Yorker, Hellhole: The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 BBC, Bloody clash in south Philippines
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Norton-Taylor & Cobain, Guardian, Torture victim Binyam Mohamed: don't scapegoat MI5 officer
March 26, 2009
3/21/09 Boxun, A Terrible Picture: Chinese Military and Police Beating Tibetans to Death
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Charles. Reuters, U.S. immigrant detentions violate human rights: report
3/25/09 Sheer, ITT, Uncovering Haiti's Hidden History
3/25/09 Sheer, ITT, Uncovering Haiti's Hidden History
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Baltic Times, Human trafficking from Lithuania increases
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Beaumont, Guardian, Gaza war crime claims gather pace as more troops speak out
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 BBC, Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Mitnick, CSM, Gaza offensive: Israel confronts soldiers' testimony of excessive force
3/20/09 Greenberg, PSL, Israel uses new, more-lethal tear gas canisters on Palestinians
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Selsky, Yahoo, Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
3/19/09 Feffer, FPIF, Sex Trafficking: The Abolitionist Fallacy
3/19/09 Schleifer, CSM, Is access to clean water a basic human right?
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 BBC, Clinton's warning to Sudan leader
3/18/09 Case, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Adams, CSM, Red Cross report says detainees at CIA 'black sites' were tortured
3/16/09 BBC, Sudan to 'expel all aid groups'
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 AP, U.S. Abandons Term for Detainees but Keeps Policy
3/13/09 BBC, US drops 'enemy combatant' term
3/13/09 Harvey, BBC, Papua's struggle for independence
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Al Jazeera, Rome 'CIA rendition' case suspended
3/12/09 Lewis, ITT, Closing America's Torture Chambers
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Douzinas, Guardian, Are rights universal?
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi , FPIF, Poem: From an Iranian Mother to an American Mother
3/10/09 Sell, McClatchy, UN Report Says US Rendition Policy Broke International Law
3/10/09 Tarcyzniski, IPS, Gitmo Uighurs Highlight a Complex Ethnic Problem
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Deeb, AP, Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Faul, AP, Traumatized child soldiers return home in Congo
3/07/09 BBC, Old sensitivities resurface in Sudan
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, Modern Slavery in America
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Adams, CSM, Sudan's President Bashir defies warrant, expels aid groups
3/05/09 BBC, SA shuts Zimbabwe refugees' camp
3/05/09 Greenberg, TomDispatch, Obama's Guantanamo?: Bush's Living Legacy at Bagram Prison
3/05/09 Atkinson, ITT, Always Look on the Bright Side of Genocide
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 BBC, Warrant issued for Sudan's leader
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Erlanger, NYT, U.N. Official Faults Evidence and Foreign States Linked to Guantánamo Interrogations
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Al Jazeera, UK admits to Iraq rendition case
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Montlake, CSM, Sri Lankan refugees face open-ended detention in camps
2/25/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: Rebels Kill Awá Indians as Army Informants
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Weaver, ProPublica, Obama Administration on Detention Policy: What He Said
2/23/09, Nessman, AP, Sri Lankans who escaped war zone now fenced in
2/23/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: A Hundred-Year War on Drugs
2/23/09 BBC, Child prostitutes rescued in US
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 BBC, Civilian 'slaughter' in Sri Lanka
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 CNN, France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths
2/16/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, DOJ Probe on Yoo Torture Memos 'Damning,' Senators Demand Answers
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 Xinhua, Over 200,000 Nepali girls being trafficked to Indian red light areas
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Xanthaki, IPS, Human Slavery Thriving in the Shadows
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Gaza: Death's Laboratory
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Bajak, AP, US rancher at center stage in Bolivia land dispute
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Straziuso, AP, US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid
1/28/09 de Tarczynski, IPS, AUSTRALIA: Complicit in East Timor Occupation - Records
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 BBC, 'Crisis unfolding' in Sri Lanka
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Swann, BBC, Brother campaigns for 'enemy combatant'
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Reuters, Obama removes restrictions on abortion funding
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Cunningham, IPS, MIDEAST: Alarm Spreads Over Use of Lethal New Weapons
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Mears, CNN, U.N. court rules U.S. execution violated treaty
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Erlanger, NYT, Weighing Crimes and Ethics in the Fog of Urban Warfare
1/16/09 Aly, CSM, War crimes charges rattle Sudan
1/16/09 BBC, ICRC fear for Sri Lanka civilians
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Sidner, CNN, India razes slums, leaves poor homeless
1/15/09 Bhaumik, BBC, Thais 'leave boat people to die'
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Wahlstrom, OneWorld, Rights Groups Condemn US Role in Gaza Conflict
1/10/09 Al Jazeera, US congress votes to back Israel
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Reuters, US Senate Supports Israel's Gaza Incursion
1/09/09 Taxin, AP, Immigrant Advocates Decry New Rules on Courts, DNA
1/09/09 Graff & Rasheed, Reuters, US Says Iraqis May Still Be Held Without Charge
1/09/09 Hamda & Nissenbaum, McClatchy, U.N. wants to know if war crimes were committed in Gaza
1/09/09 Bice, CNN, Government fights slave labor in Brazil
1/09/09 Henshaw, BBC, Uneasy peace in Sudan ghost town
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Izikovich, Ha'aretz, Despite Ruling, Israel Prevents Foreign Journalists From Entering Gaza
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 Phillips, Guardian, Brazilian taskforce frees more than 4,500 slaves after record number of raids on remote farms