Palestinian Children’s Day 2014
Dees Illustration Stephen Lendman Activist Post In 1925, the World Conference for the Well-Being of Children first proclaimed a day to honor children. In 1954,…
Human Rights
Is Solitary Confinement About to be Outlawed in the U.S.?
image source By Joe Wright Human rights activists have for decades been urging the U.S. government to prohibit the use of solitary confinement as a…
Scientific Verification that Solitary Confinement is Torture
Alex Pietrowski Activist Post Something has gone terribly wrong with criminal justice in the United States and our once inspiring nation has now become a…
Guantanamo – Looking for Closure
Theatrical depiction of tortured prisoners from Guantanamo, a well as a conversation with an eyewitness of torture in another war zone. Charlotte Wilson Activist Post…
Bands Invoice US Government for Using Their Music to Torture Guantanamo Detainees
Melissa Melton Activist Post In a recent interview with Pheonix New Times, the industrial rock band Skinny Puppy didn’t just chat about what it was…
5 Reasons The Latest Report On Syria War Crimes Might Not Be True
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post In a recently released and conveniently timed report, complete with references to Nazi Germany and concentration camps, efforts to ramp up…
US Feigns “Horror” Over Cooked-Up Report on Syrian War They Engineered
Qatar – chief financier of Al Qaeda in Syria – commissions “report” on atrocities published just ahead of Geneva conference. Tony Cartalucci Activist Post As…
UK War Crimes Exposed
image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post Britain is complicit in most US wars of aggression. It’s no surprise when new information surfaces. More on it…
Obama Suppresses Bush Torture Files
The LipTV
Identified: Viral SOS Letter Writer From Chinese Forced Labor Camp Speaks Out
image source By Joe Wright The story of a letter embedded in a package of Kmart Halloween decorations received by Oregonian Julie Keith immediately went…
New Report: Doctors Designed and Participated in Unethical Treatment of Detainees
image source Lily Dane Activist Post Doctors and psychologists working in U.S. military detention centers were directed to violate medical ethics and standards by participating…
Update on Whistleblower John Kiriakou
image source Catherine J. Frompovich Activist Post As my readers probably know, I’m a pen pal with whistleblower John Kiriakou, [1] who is serving time…
Guantanamo Hunger Striking Continues
Stephen Lendman Activist Post In early February, detainees began hunger striking for justice. Dozens joined others. Numbers rose to about 130. Some were force-fed. Doing…
US Globalized Torture Black Sites
image credit: Peter Mendlesund/NYT The Dark Side Stephen Lendman Activist Post On October 5, US Delta Force commandos, CIA operatives, and FBI agents abducted Abu…