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Bad News, Good News
The bad news is that the United States is still among the top executioners in the world. The good news is that the numbers are down. According to an Amnesty…
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New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty!
Tonight, a little after 6 PM mountain time, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty in his state. After weeks of publicly wrestling…
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Israeli Soldier's Speak Out About Gaza
In a series about the lax rules of engagement of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Israeli newspaper Haaretz is currently publishing testimonies of Israeli soldiers who participated in the…
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A Friendship Forged During the Dirty War
[caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="Marshall Meyer"][/caption] When the world you live is filled with the constant threat of disappearances, torture and murder, how do friendships happen? On Monday, in a…
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The Soldiers Speak; What about the UN inquiry?
Israeli soldiers are telling their stories about questionable military practices during the conflict in Gaza. They are describing attacks on unarmed civilians, using phrases like “cold blooded murder” in an…
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Late on Friday afternoon, in a move apparently designed to give the media as little time to respond as possible, the Obama administration filed a new motion in the US…
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Spare Me Your Weight
On the outset, it seemed like March was going to be a great time for women. This month, we celebrated International Women’s Day recognizing women’s social achievements and ongoing struggles…
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Fighting Back Against Sexual Assaults in Western Sahara
[caption id="attachment_1494" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="Hayat Erguibi. Photo courtesy of the Sahrawi Organization of Human Rights Defenders"][/caption] Many young women in Western Sahara are believed to have suffered sexual assaults and…
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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 Ki-moon and UN member states to set up a UN…
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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 bringing this to the attention of a wider audience). It…
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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 international humanitarian aid agencies that were kicked out of Sudan and…
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US citizen critically injured protesting illegal wall in Ni'ilin, West Bank
[caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignleft" width="247" caption="Tristan Anderson Photo: www.activestills.org"][/caption] Tristan Anderson, a 37 year old American, was shot in the head by Israeli forces with a high velocity tear gas canister…