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Verdict Against Aung San Suu Kyi
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison, a sentence which was immediately reduced to a…
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The Gambia, Where Persecution Has Replaced Justice
The following comes to us from Essa Bokarr Sey, the former Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to France (1999-2001) and to the United States (2002-2003). We asked him…
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The Nightmarish Detention of U.S. Immigrants
(Originally posted in the Bell Gardens Sun) Coming to the United States was a “dream come true” for Deda Makaj. Now 42, Deda fled Albania 20 years ago after enduring…
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Whatever happened to American leadership?
[caption id="attachment_2327" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="(c) US DoD"][/caption] Yesterday the Council of the European Union, made up of ministers from all 27 EU countries, agreed to allow former Guantanamo inmates cleared…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Charged Today in Myanmar
Myanmar’s (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man allegedly snuck into her home last week. …
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Not So Merry Go 'Round of Justice in Zimbabwe
It's a bad time to be defender of human rights in Zimbabwe. Late last year, Zimbabwe authorities abducted eighteen human rights defenders and political activists. Their families feared them dead. …
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Seven Years Later: Our Power, Our Responsibility
This week we mark the 7th anniversary of the day the U.S. government first began warehousing “enemy combatants,” terrorism suspects and hapless wrong-place-wrong-time detainees at Guantánamo. Since then, hundreds of…
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There Is No Justification In Keeping Gitmo Open
Below is my reply on the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Piece of Nov. 4, 2008: Guantanamo Revelation. I served in the military for 14 years, including three deployments to the Middle East.…