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Human RightsIraq January 19, 2008

Killing Civilians, Carefully

CNN’s Ed Henry, their White House correspondent, recently spotted the President of the United States "walking in the footsteps of Jesus along the Sea of Galilee" (CNN International, January 17,
Human RightsPrisoners of Conscience January 18, 2008

Another catastrophe in the war on terrorism

The future of Pakistan is now blurrier than ever. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, stability and peace of the country are at stake. Pakistan’s military ruler Pervez Musharaf condemned
Human RightsTorture January 18, 2008

Guantanamo as a Symbol

11 January marked the sixth year anniversary of the establishment of the Guantanamo detention camp. Mere months after the start of the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan, a large
Human RightsTorture January 18, 2008

Guantanamo as a Symbol

11 January marked the sixth year anniversary of the establishment of the Guantanamo detention camp. Mere months after the start of the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan, a large
Palestine January 18, 2008

No Peace

To understand the failure of the president’s trip to the Middle East, which is foreordained and doesn’t have to be completed in order to fail, take note of two words
IranIraq January 18, 2008

George Galloway vs Neocon David Frum

As President Bush began his last big tour of the Middle East - and threatens US sanctions on Iran - George Galloway and David Frum debate the issues.
Human RightsPalestine January 18, 2008

Is Hamas saving more Jewish lives than Olmert?

Hamas’s second in command, Mahmoud al Zahar, has saved more Jewish lives in his short tenure as Palestinian Foreign Minister, than Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. And how has he
Human RightsPalestine January 18, 2008

Israeli air strike kills mother and her two sons in Gaza

The Israeli Apache choppers and reconnaissance planes hovering over Gaza Strip committed new crime against the Palestinian civilians as they killed a mother and her two sons in Beit Lahia
Human RightsPalestine January 18, 2008

A Palestinian woman killed, 45 injured in a fresh Israeli air strike

One woman was killed and 45 others were wounded Friday afternoon when F-16 fighters bombed the old building of the interior ministry near the Islamic university, according to initial reports
Human RightsPalestine January 18, 2008

The Grand Jury and the persecution of Dr. Abdelhaleem Ashqar

Ever since his sentencing on 21 November, I have been ruminating on the extreme injustice perpetrated on Abdelhaleem Ashqar by the US government and the federal court in Chicago culminating