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Landmark Rulings Expose Poland’s Role in CIA Secret Detention and Torture
Poland is the first European Union member state to be found complicit in the USA's rendition, secret detention and torture of alleged terrorism suspects.
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Israel/Gaza: Attacks on Medical Facilities and Civilians Add to War Crime Allegations
The continuing bombardment of civilian homes in several areas of the Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli shelling of a hospital, add to the list of possible war crimes…
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Further War Crimes Must Be Prevented After Israeli Ground Assault
Israel’s ground assault on the Gaza Strip, which began last night after 10 days of attacks by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups, accentuates the need for urgent international action.
Update
Why are Children Dying While Migrating to the United States?
U.S. policy has been designed to deny migrants access to relatively safe areas along the Mexican border.
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SHOCKING: Surge of Honor Killings in Pakistan
Honor crimes fester in the dark privacy of the home. It is time to expose these abuses to the light of public scrutiny and the law.
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War Crimes Committed in the Battle for Mosul
Civilians are bearing the brunt as ISIS and other Sunni armed groups and the Iraqi armed forces and Shi'a militias battle each other.
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5 Torture Myths Debunked
Real life doesn’t look like "24" or "Zero Dark Thirty" - even in the U.S., torture is mostly practiced as a means of dehumanizing enemies.
Report
Reflections and recommendations on truth, remedy and accountability as declassification of Senate Committee summary report on CIA secret detentions awaited.
Amnesty International calls for the full report to be declassified as a matter of priority –with redactions only where strictly necessary– and any information that pertains to human rights violations,…
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I Am Proof: Torture Exists in the United States
I spent 24 years in prison, including nine years in a super-max prison, for a murder I did not commit.
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Can Angelina Jolie and the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict Help Stop This Crisis?
When a violent conflict emerges, it is women and girls who bear the brunt of the conflict in some of the most horrific ways imaginable.
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How Many Different Ways Can the World Fail the Syrian People?
In vetoing the resolution, Russia and China sent the message that Syria, once again, remains open for human rights abuses with impunity.
Report
Torture In 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises
Torture is abhorrent. It is barbaric and inhumane. It can never be justified. It is wrong, self-defeating and poisons the rule of law, replacing it with terror. No one is…
