News & Commentary about Human Rights
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Nov 25, 2014
The U.N. Acts to Protect the Human Right to Privacy
Nov 20, 2014
US Joins Somalia and South Sudan in Failing to Support Child Rights
Nov 14, 2014
The United States Admits It Crossed a Line. That’s the Least of It.
Nov 11, 2014
THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT Circles Liberty’s Torch
Nov 10, 2014
The U.N. Puts America on the Hot Seat for Torture
Nov 7, 2014
If America Is Going to Reveal the Truth About Torture, Obama Must End Gitmo’s Cover-Up Court
Oct 27, 2014
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call on Obama to Reckon With Torture
Oct 24, 2014
Why is the U.S. Deporting Families it Should be Protecting?
Oct 21, 2014
Will Obama Follow Bush Down the Made-Up Torture Loophole?