Tag: human rights
Leaked OPCW report raises new questions about 2018 chemical attack in...
A newly leaked internal document from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reveals there were conflicting views within the organization as to what happened.
How ICE is using solitary confinement to punish asylum seekers, including...
The United Nations special rapporteur on torture says solitary confinement should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and defines extended use of solitary as “inhuman and degrading treatment.”
The Disintegrated Mind: The Greatest Threat to Human Survival on Earth
Like many people who have struggled to understand why human beings are driving the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history, which...
Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective defies unlawful ‘no trespass’ order
History will record this as a key turning point in U.S.-Venezuela relations, U.S. violation of a key tenet of international law and most of all, as a heroic example of U.S. citizens doing everything in their power to try to stop a U.S.-orchestrated coup.
Videos reveal California cop slamming unarmed woman to the ground
After the officer slapped the cellphone out of the woman’s hand, her mother attempted to record the rest of the incident on her cellphone as another officer detained her.
As Bernie Sanders says ‘no apologies’ for his position, 70+ groups...
At a time when voting suppression is taking place all across the country, we must make it clear that casting a ballot for American citizens is not a privilege. It is a right."
Suppressed: The true story of Georgia’s 2018 election (video)
The result is an emotionally gripping look at Georgia’s citizens that also lays out compelling and irrefutable evidence of voter suppression.
Three LGBTQ cases before the Supreme Court asks the question: How...
Will the Supreme Court back LQBTQ rights? Time will tell.
‘Unprecedented:’ UN finds US-backed forces killed more Afghan civilians than Taliban...
"It's not just my family, there are dozens of families just like mine who have been lost in bombings. The people have no power... We are the ones who are dying."
Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth
On 11 April 2019, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by UK police and arrested for...
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GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax giveaway for the...
Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.
Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future
An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.
A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants now helps renters...
This attorney used to represent companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.
Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...
Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.