Human Rights

Iran Iran: "The guest is God's friend"

The detention of journalist Iason Athanasiadis is a legal abomination -- and a breach of Iranian hospitality
  • Torture works sometimes -- but it's always wrong

    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.
  • Did Israel commit war crimes in Gaza?

    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?
  • W. and the damage done

    President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
  • Another brutal year for liberty

    The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution.
  • Scoring the Beijing Olympics

    They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
  • American credibility on trial

    Was one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo rushed to court by the Bush administration for political reasons?
  • Beijing's first event: Political gymnastics

    As Amnesty International slams China on human rights, Western journalists get a taste of censorship -- and Olympic excuse making.
  • Sabotage in Guantánamo

    How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration.
  • Beware Bush's preemptive strike on torture

    The president might issue a blanket pardon to block prosecution of top U.S. officials behind brutal interrogations -- including himself.
  • Dalai Lama's time bomb

    Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons.
  • The war on teen terror

    The Bush administration's treatment of juvenile prisoners shipped to Guantánamo Bay defies logic as well as international law.
  • My Paulina, my country

    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.
  • Arraigning the 9/11 suspects, Guantánamo-style

    Hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others here were marred by intimidation, partial censorship and a ruling that left justice in doubt.
  • Inside the Guantánamo terror trials

    A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.
  • King Kaufman Sports Daily

    IOC president Rogge's pretense that the Olympics aren't political has him defending China as it cracks down on freedoms.
  • CIA coverups and American injustice

    How the Bush administration's policies in the war on terror are coming back to haunt us.
  • Saudi court stands by sentence of rape victim

    Clinton, Obama demand less lame response by U.S.
  • This time, we mean it -- American psychologists on torture

    In a letter to President Bush, the American Psychological Association condemns the use of torture. What makes this time different from any other?
  • We must ban secretive U.S. torture

    Why the White House should turn over secret legal memos, and why I'm sponsoring legislation to end brutal interrogations.
  • China's deadly Darfur games

    Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    With a year to go before the Beijing Olympics, activists say China hasn't kept the promises it made to get them.
  • How Bush's war bolstered Syria

    The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East.
  • Guantánamo: Five years and counting

    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.
  • Keep the Great Writ alive

    For eight centuries, habeas corpus has shielded people from detention without trial. The Senate "compromise" denies this right -- and threatens the rule of law.
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