(2018-09-28). Why Do We Tolerate Kavanaugh's Complicity With Torture? counterpunch.org What is wrong with us? Specifically: what is wrong with liberal Democrats? Liberal Democrats are out to get Brett Kavanaugh. They are right to be; he is dangerous. Confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would lock in a right-wing majority for a generation. Abortion rights would be imperiled, true, but his rulings would also impact More
(2018-09-28). DOUBLE AMNESIA: RETHINKING THE HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS. indybay.org 105 Boalt Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley…
(2018-09-27). The Government Dropped the Ball on U.S. Torture Accountability. Citizens Picked It Up. aclu.org 
A new report shows the North Carolina government's complicity with the CIA torture program and urges a state investigation. | Sheer stubbornness is required of us when our government violates the law and refuses to recognize it. | Seeking justice for the U.S. torture program of the post-9/11 period has required a lot of stubbornness. In North Carolina, a 12-year quest has led to a new report, "Torture Flights: North Carolina's Role in the CIA Rendition and Torture Program." | The report was released Thursday by the nongovernmental (2018-09-27). Iran: Targeting Of Dual Citizens, Foreigners. iranian.com Iran's security apparatus has escalated its targeting of Iranian dual citizens and foreign nationals whom they perceive to have links with Western academic, economic, and cultural institutions, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has documented and reviewed the cases of 14 dual or foreign nationals whom Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Intelligence Organization […]
(2018-09-27). Chilean president praises armed forces amid new convictions of military assassins. wsws.org Piñera's independence day statement came as cases of military assassins and torturers are still being decided by Chile's courts.
(2018-09-26). Former Google Scientist Tells Senate to Act Over Company's "Unethical and Unaccountable" China Censorship Plan. theintercept.com 
Google staff "actively subverted" an internal review of a search engine for China that would blacklist terms like "human rights," ex-Google employee said.
(2018-09-25). Accused Torturer Jon Burge Died Last Week, but His Legacy of Brutal, Racist Policing Lives on in Chicago. theintercept.com 
Jon Burge's torture was a particularly morbid symptom of a much larger problem of racism and brutality among Chicago cops.
(2018-09-25). Trump Gets 100 Countries to Sign On to His U.N. Drug War Plan, Ignoring Changing Thinking on Human Rights and Legalization. theintercept.com Some brutal regimes with draconian drug policies signed on — and a few allies balked at the Trump administration's retrograde drug war push.
(2018-09-25). Amnesty International wants Kavanaugh vetting process halted over alleged role in post-9/11 torture. rt.com 
The US branch of Amnesty International has dived into the heated debate on whether US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is morally fit for the office, calling for his role in the post-9/11 torture program to be highlighted.
(2018-09-24). Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies. aclu.org Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
(2018-09-21). Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power? democracynow.org 
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
(2018-09-18). Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE. democracynow.org 
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
(2018-09-12). Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council. venezuelanalysis.com At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.