The detention of journalist Iason Athanasiadis is a legal abomination -- and a breach of Iranian hospitality
By Sandy Tolan Jul 2, 2009
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The "ticking bomb" scenario only happens on TV. Those, like Dick Cheney, who cite it are leading society down a fatal slippery slope of abuse.
By Gary Kamiya
April 23, 2009
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The immense number of Palestinian civilian casualties suggests that the country violated international law. But do the laws of war really govern asymmetrical conflicts like this one?
By Thomas Darnstädt and Christoph Schult
January 27, 2009
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President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant
January 8, 2009
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The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution.
By Glenn Greenwald
January 1, 2009
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They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
By John Krich
August 25, 2008
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Was one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo rushed to court by the Bush administration for political reasons?
By Jo Becker
August 20, 2008
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As Amnesty International slams China on human rights, Western journalists get a taste of censorship -- and Olympic excuse making.
By King Kaufman
July 30, 2008
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How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration.
By Stacy Sullivan
July 15, 2008
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The president might issue a blanket pardon to block prosecution of top U.S. officials behind brutal interrogations -- including himself.
By James Ross
July 10, 2008
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Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons.
By Salil Tripathi
July 1, 2008
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The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law.
By Jo Becker
June 24, 2008
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During the making of a film about my exile from Chile, I finally met the anonymous woman who saved my life during Pinochet's murderous reign.
By Ariel Dorfman
June 11, 2008
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Hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others here were marred by intimidation, partial censorship and a ruling that left justice in doubt.
By Joanne Mariner
June 7, 2008
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A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.
By Carol Chodroff
May 24, 2008
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IOC president Rogge's pretense that the Olympics aren't political has him defending China as it cracks down on freedoms.
By King Kaufman
March 25, 2008
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How the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror are coming back to haunt us.
By Hina Shamsi
December 11, 2007
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Clinton, Obama demand less lame response by U.S.
By Lynn Harris
November 21, 2007
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In a letter to President Bush, the American Psychological Association condemns the use of torture. What makes this time different from any other?
November 6, 2007
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Why the White House should turn over secret legal memos, and why I'm sponsoring legislation to end brutal interrogations.
By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
October 10, 2007
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Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide.
By Jill Savitt
October 4, 2007
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With a year to go before the Beijing Olympics, activists say China hasn't kept the promises it made to get them.
August 9, 2007
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The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East.
By Mohamad Bazzi
May 31, 2007
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I wish this dark period of detention and torture were over. But rolling back the Military Commissions Act and restablishing the rule of law are monumental tasks.
By Michael Ratner, with Sara Miles
January 10, 2007
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For eight centuries, habeas corpus has shielded people from detention without trial. The Senate "compromise" denies this right -- and threatens the rule of law.
By Michael Ratner, with Sara Miles
September 26, 2006
Iran: "The guest is God's friend"
Torture works sometimes -- but it's always wrong
Did Israel commit war crimes in Gaza?
W. and the damage done
Another brutal year for liberty
Scoring the Beijing Olympics
American credibility on trial
Beijing's first event: Political gymnastics
Sabotage in Guantánamo
Beware Bush's preemptive strike on torture
Dalai Lama's time bomb
The war on teen terror
My Paulina, my country
Arraigning the 9/11 suspects, Guantánamo-style
Inside the Guantánamo terror trials 
CIA coverups and American injustice
Saudi court stands by sentence of rape victim 
This time, we mean it -- American psychologists on torture
We must ban secretive U.S. torture
China's deadly Darfur games
How Bush's war bolstered Syria
Guantánamo: Five years and counting
Keep the Great Writ alive
How the World Works
War Room