January 11th marks the anniversary of when the U.S. opened its torture camp at Guantanamo. Bush claims “ the U.S. does not torture” as he orders the destruction of videotapes that document the C.I.A...
Updated: February 11, 2008
The US Human Rights Network is made up of organizations and individuals working to bring the United States into compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally...
Updated: March 5, 2008
The Krieger Lecture in American Political Culture Presents: Gitanjali Gutierrez. She will give a lecture entitled "American-Style Torture: Guantanamo, Black Sites and American Values"...
Updated: March 20, 2008
This Symposium will bring together leading international and U.S. experts, including former military officials, academics, practitioners, human rights advocates, politicians, journalists, and...
Updated: March 20, 2008
The conference will explore vital issues concerning civil liberties and national security in the aftermath of 9/11. The conference will draw from the experience of well-informed experts to help...
Updated: April 9, 2008
Universal Jurisdiction: It's Back! 9:00am – 10:30am Ballroom I Co-sponsored by the Dispute Resolution Interest Group Although there is no consensus on the scope and operation of universal...
Updated: April 10, 2008
Updated: May 21, 2008
On September 11-12, 2008, Evangelicals for Human Rights, with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and Mercer University, will host a national summit on torture in Atlanta, GA, on the...
Updated: May 21, 2008
Join bestselling author JEREMY SCAHILL, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer CHRIS HEDGES, journalist LAILA AL-ARIAN, and the New Yorker's SEYMOUR HERSH, as they go behind the headlines to tell the untold...
Updated: May 22, 2008
Detainees at the U.S. Military Prison in Guantánamo will finally get their day in court on May 27 – Superior Court, in Washington DC, when 35 Americans from cities and towns across the country will...
Updated: May 23, 2008
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