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A Muslim detained for months without charge after September 11 and then deported to Egypt has given a deposition in New York in a suit against the US government for unlawful imprisonment and abuse....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 8:43am PST
New rules covering the death penalty in military courts suggest the US army may be preparing for its first execution since 1961....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 8:42am PST
The government drops bombs on kids in the Middle East, while a hand full of activists torch some yuppie ski resort in Colorado: Bush gets reelected and the radical environmentalists are issued warrants.
Where the hell is the justice?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 10:33pm PST
Are you concerned about government spying on peaceful protestors (including
CODEPINK), wiretaps of phone calls without a court order, and FBI searches of
personal records of people who are not suspected of any wrongdoing? So are we....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 9:13pm PST
Idriss Stelley Foundation is organizing a week of book signings and appearances for Lt. Delacy Davis in the Bay Area, January 24 to 29, 2006...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 8:21pm PST
Belying the U.S. government's human rights initiatives calling for China and other countries to improve their human rights records, the U.S. has not shown much leadership in the area of human rights. After World War II, they first refused to ratify or ratified the United Nations human rights treaties and protocols with a list of disclaimers or conditions. The U.S. did ratify some treaties but under the stipulation that no citizen could sue the government under the treaties’ articles....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 7:19pm PST
A European inquiry is expected to report on Tuesday that the CIA did illegally kidnap and transport detainees from Europe....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 7:09pm PST
The "Govennator" Arnould Schwarzenegger gave the people (fans) who voted him into office just what they deserved?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 12:39pm PST
AUDIO: we compare the The Green Scare to the Palmer raids and Red Scares of the past.
about 3 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 6:12pm PST
Town Halls support children of color struggling to learn in West Contra Costa schools...
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 10:22am PST
In a Martin Luther King Day speech at Constitution Hall Jan. 16, Al Gore drew cheers as he called for appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate George W. Bush’s “strongman” abuses of power, including spying on the American people and other impeachable offenses....
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 10:18am PST
Pressure over the use of British airports for secret CIA torture flights increased dramatically yesterday after it emerged that a Foreign Office minister misled Parliament over a meeting between the UN and UK civil servants about the issue....
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 10:13am PST
Nepalese police have rounded up scores of opposition activists in clashes on the streets of the capital....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 8:32am PST
The US Department of Justice has asked a federal judge in San Jose, California, to compel Internet search giant Google to comply with a subpoena issued last year to turn over records that detail millions of Internet searches....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 8:26am PST
Another example of direct action....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 2:22am PST
i am a long-time medic and received this from another trusted medic. it is also posted on portland indymedia.
i am non-violent: this is posted so those who sought care from a sham medic may identify the provider and choose to seek a second opion should they so desire....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 8:40pm PST
This is an international, all-media, juried exhibition on view May 6 through
May 22, 2006 at Gallery Lombardi in Austin, Texas and online for at least
one year at http://www.deathpenaltyartshow.org.
Work in all media is eligible....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 6:09pm PST
Coaliton to Stop Executions meeting...
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 2:21pm PST
an international grouping of activists sponsor an international day against video surveillance....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 9:22am PST
hi folks - apologies for msm repost - but this info may be timely this morning..........
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 8:48am PST