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The Dick Cheney Presidential Library in Dallas

James Moore | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics
James Moore

If there has to be a library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, let it be named after the man who actually ran the country, and not the man who simply nodded his head in affirmation. Let's call it the "Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney Presidential Library."

Margaret Thatcher's Climate Change Of Heart

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.09.2013 | Green

In 1990, Margaret Thatcher emerged as one of the first world leaders to champion climate science, issuing a call to action to fight manmade global war...

Western Support for Syrian Rebels: A Viable Alternative?

Michael Kay | Posted 04.08.2013 | World
Michael Kay

Amnesty International has produced compelling evidence of massacres, mass abduction, detention beatings, killings and torture by anti-Libyan militia -- backed by the British, French and U.S. So will a post-Assad Syria be any different?

The Uncommon Courage of Bradley Manning

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Marjorie Cohn

Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges including possessing and willfully communicating to an unauthorized person all the main elements of the WikiLeaks disclosure.

A Response to Kathryn Bigelow's Latest Statement on Zero Dark Thirty and Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 03.19.2013 | Entertainment
Jonathan Kim

Zero Dark Thirty ignores the fact that America's torture program inspired anti-U.S. sentiment around the world, causing many to vow revenge on the U.S. and its allies.

Warning: Avoid Military-Age Men in Muslim Countries

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.21.2013 | World
Daphne Eviatar

All men in Pakistan between the ages of 20 and 40 are potential targets for a U.S. drone strike, says former Ambassador Cameron Munter. And all "mili...

Why Fighting Pirates Is Both Good and Bad for PSC

David Isenberg | Posted 12.30.2012 | Business
David Isenberg

If you have been paying any attention at all this year to the piracy situation off Somalia you may remember that the number of pirate attacks against ...

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Blasts U.S. For Killings

Reuters | Jane Sutton | Posted 10.18.2012 | World

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, Oct 17 (Reuters) -- The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks told the Guantanamo courtroom on Wednesday th...

No Accountability for Torturers

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 11.04.2012 | Politics
Marjorie Cohn

By letting American officials, lawyers and interrogators get away with torture - and indeed, murder - the United States sacrifices any right to scold or punish other countries for their human rights violations.

51 Years After U.S. Began Chemical War on Vietnam, Be Silent, Then Take Action

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.08.2012 | World
Marjorie Cohn

For the past 51 years, the Vietnamese people have been attempting to address this legacy of war by trying to get the United States and the chemical companies to accept responsibility for this ongoing nightmare.

Kofi Annan: History 'Will Judge Us All Harshly' On Syria Inaction

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 08.30.2012 | World

GENEVA — An international conference on Saturday accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan that calls for the creation of a transitional government in...

American War Crimes: Commanders' Responsibility

Seth Engel | Posted 03.26.2012 | Crime
Seth Engel

As with any country involved in violent trauma, critically reflecting upon the crimes' occurrence, causes and prevention is a necessary process for the sake of the population's own mental well-being. After 9/11, America replaced self-reflection with going to war.

Bradley Manning, Hero, or Traitor?

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 02.24.2012 | Politics
Marjorie Cohn

If Bradley Manning did what he is accused of doing, he should not be tried as a criminal. He should be hailed as a national hero, much like Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers helped to expose the government's lies and end the Vietnam War.

NYC 'Terror' Suspect Out-Geneva's Manhattan DA

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 01.23.2012 | Politics
Matthis Chiroux

And as long as the U.S. remains "at war" either literally or rhetorically, either directly or by proxy, we will continue to present our infrastructure as legitimate targets to our adversaries. If we want to be safe, we have to end the wars!

Shalit Is Free. Lift the Siege of Gaza Now.

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.26.2011 | World
Robert Naiman

Hamas officials have said that Israel pledged to lift the Gaza blockade as part of the prisoner exchange that freed Shalit. Egyptian officials have also indicated that lifting the blockade was part of the deal. But Israeli officials have said that Israel did not agree.

Time for New Approach to Burma: War Crimes Mounting

Matthew Smith | Posted 09.21.2011 | World
Matthew Smith

Last week, human rights groups released a damning report documenting how ordinary Burmese convicts are brutally forced by the state to carry heavy munitions and supplies for the Burma Army, acting as human shields.

Israel's 'Faux' Golan Border

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 08.08.2011 | World
Sharmine Narwani

As the Palestinian nonviolence movement grows in leaps and bounds, Israelis are faced with a real dilemma: what to do in the face of unarmed protesters who are demanding rights that are backed to the hilt by international law?

Was Killing Osama Bin Laden Legal?

Gabor Rona | Posted 07.10.2011 | World
Gabor Rona

He was an evil mass-murderer. Does it matter how it went down? Absolutely.

Republicans On Torture, Post-Osama Bin Laden: Defending Against Prosecution?

Carla Seaquist | Posted 07.10.2011 | Politics
Carla Seaquist

In these days since President Barack Obama announced that a SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, notice how quickly Re...

War Crimes In Libya, Bahrain and Yemen? Maybe, Maybe Not

Morris Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Morris Davis

The continued deterioration of conditions on the ground in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen has led to increased discussion of war crimes and the potential consequences.

From the Middle Ages to the Cyber Age: Non-State Actors

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Franz-Stefan Gady

The increasing importance of non-state actors is evident in all spheres of international relations.

Israel Raid on Gaza Flotilla: US Failure to Condemn Despite UN Findings

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marjorie Cohn

Obama has failed to condemn Israel's actions on May 31, notwithstanding overwhelming evidence of its illegality.

Israel's Human Shields and Live Bait

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Sharmine Narwani

If the Palestinians in occupied territories present a security threat so compelling that it required a multibillion dollar Separation Wall -- then Israel has no business moving its men, women and children right into the danger zones.

Bradley Manning: An American Hero

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marjorie Cohn

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking military secrets to the public. This week, his supporters are holding rallies in 21 cities, seeking M...

Bangladesh: A Free and Fair War Crimes Tribunal?

Morris Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Morris Davis

Paris-based attorney Katherine Iliopoulos has a new article out at Crimes of War Project. She writes: A war crimes tribunal set up in Bangladesh to ...