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ACLU Says Critical Changes to Patriot Act Still Needed call today...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 1:31pm PST
FIGHT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY DURING G8 2003 CONTINUES In May 2003, an affinity group blockaded the Aubonne Bridge in order to stop a G8 delegation from reaching the summit in Evian. The police cut the climbing rope and nearly killed two activists. Now the policeman who cut the rope and his senior officer are in court. They are charged with bodily harm with negligence…...
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 11:41am PST
FBI stages violent raids in Puerto Rico Heavily armed US agents backed by helicopters raided five homes and an office in Puerto Rico last Friday in what federal officials claimed was an operation aimed at foiling a “potential terrorist attack.”...
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 8:14am PST
Congressional report condemns government response to Hurricane Katrina A select committee of the US House of Representatives is set to release a report Wednesday on the US government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. From drafts leaked to various news publications this week, it is already clear that the report presents a picture of an extraordinary lack of preparation and a completely incompetent response, which contributed to the deaths of over 1,000 people and the virtual destruction of a major American city....
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 8:12am PST
Amnesty Calls for Urgent Action in Nepal Amnesty Calls for Urgent Action in Nepal
Government rejects international criticisms
Email Article Print Article Maina Dhital (maina)
Amnesty International has called on the international community for urgent action into Nepal's political instability and violent insurgency.
Issuing a press statement from its headquarters in London, Amnesty has said that ten years of war and political instability have turned the human rights situation in Nepal into one of the worst in the world.
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Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 7:35am PST
Bush details “terror plot” to deflect NSA spying furor In a blatant attempt to once again suppress political criticism by evoking the threat of terrorism, President Bush Thursday delivered a speech that included previously classified details about a supposed foiled plot to carry out a September 11-style attack on the tallest building on the US West Coast....
Posted: Sat, Feb 11, 2006 3:27pm PST
ongoing prison rape in local prisons I am a California State prisoner and have been incarcerated since July 7, 1994, and I am a victim of prisoner rape...I am writing to you at this time to share with you my own stories of prisoner rape in hopes that this information might be beneficial in helping prevent the abuse of convicted felons. Thank you for your efforts and considerations in this extremely important matter....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 11:28am PST
BTL:Bush Defense of NSA Domestic Spy Program is Challenged in Senate Hearing Interview with Shayana Kadidal, attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 7:54am PST
Gonzales Grilled at Senate Hearing, Defends NSA Spy Program Republican and Democratic Senators questioned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday over the Bush administration's right to spy on Americans citizens without court order. We play excerpts of the hearings....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 9:19am PST
Thirty Years is Enough fact sheet and petition 
July 2nd is the thirty year anniversary of the Supreme Courts decision
that reinstated the death penalty in this country after a four year ban....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:18pm PST
Revolt Against Police Violence in Oregon: Please Join Us On Saturday, February 11th, at noon, there will be a protest against police violence and oppression in Oregon City, Oregon (That's just south of Portland.) We are standing in solidarity with the family of a man who was slain by the police under the most unimaginable circumstances. We are also asking for anyone who can to come and stand with us against these minions of the police state. Please come down and join us....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 4:43pm PST
Guantánamo: A life sentence of suffering and stigmatization The US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay is condemning thousands of people across the world to a life of suffering, torment and stigmatisation....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 7:16am PST
Rumsfeld's Scheme to Spy on Your Kids All over the country, organized citizens are fighting to restrict the military's presence in schools. But having recruiters troll high schools cafeterias is just one way the Pentagon inundates our youngsters with messages to "Go Army!"...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 10:00am PST
Akbar Ganji Subjected to Harsh Prison Conditions in Iran Akbar Ganji Subjected to Harsh Prison Conditions in Iran...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 1:52pm PST
“The Warrior Wind” Newsletter: First Issue Available Now! The first issue of “The Warrior Wind,” a newsletter against our society of confinement, is out now....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 12:43pm PST
Cindy Sheehan Describes Her Arrest at Bush State of the Union Address Cindy Sheehan describes how she was manhandled and arrested at Bush's State of the Union Address and the grief she felt as she contemplated the true state America finds itself in today....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 11:23am PST
Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps A little-known $385 million contract for Halliburton subsidiary KBR to build detention facilities for "an emergency influx of immigrants" is another step down the Bush administration's road toward martial law, the writer says....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:54am PST
Vernon petition for clemency filed & available on web Today the attorneys for Vernon Evans, who is on death row in Maryland and
facing an execution date the week of Feb. 6th, submitted their final
petition for clemency. This petition included both a written appeal and a
video petition. The written portion is now available on:
www.stopexecutionsinmaryland.org....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 9:50pm PST
Army court marshal conceals CIA involvement in death of former Iraqi general An army court marshal convicted Chief Warrant Officer Lewis E. Welshofer of negligent homicide on January 22 for killing Abed Hamed Mowhoush, a former major general in the Iraqi military....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 11:40am PST
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