Unveiling of marble bust raises eyebrows—and ire.
The likeness of Dick Cheney—former vice president and, some say, war criminal—is now enshrined at the U.S. capitol, where his marble bust, perched upon a pedestal, was unveiled Thursday. Cheney himself, former President George W. Bush, Vice President Joe Biden, and Republican lawmakers attended the unveiling ceremony in the Capitol Visitor
‘It is illegal under US and international law to transfer weapons to human rights abusers, or to forces that will likely use it to commit gross violations of human rights.’
The Pentagon announced on Monday that the U.S. has approved a $1.29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, despite mounting evidence of the country's mass atrocities and possible war crimes in neighboring Yemen. The U.S. State Department on Friday approved the sale of over 10,000 bombs, munitions, and weapons parts produced by Boeing and Raytheon.
Civil rights groups warn that new FBI tool “Don’t Be a Puppet” violates civil liberties of Muslims.
Rights groups are charging that a new FBI program to counter "extremism," expected to be unveiled shortly, employs games and online tools that encourage teachers and students to snoop on—and discriminate against—Muslims, in violation of their most fundamental civil liberties. Entitled 'Don't Be a Puppet,' the program "leads the viewer through a
Transparency International warns: “Corruption has fueled political unrest, extremism, and formed a narrative for violent extremist groups.”
Western nations—led by the United States—are selling large quantities of weapons to governments in the Middle East and North Africa, providing little oversight for how these arms are used, and thereby fueling corruption and conflict in countries from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, a new report (pdf) from the watchdog organization Transparency International
Though no Syrian delegation will attend, discussions in Vienna could advance possibility for diplomatic solution to armed conflict
In what could be a diplomatic breakthrough, Iran on Wednesday accepted an invitation to participate in multilateral Syria peace talks in Vienna, marking the first time the country will engage in such a summit that includes the United States, Russia, and other powers. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and a "high-ranking diplomatic
Civil society groups call on international community to stop fueling human rights violations and end “institutional impunity’.
Amid rising violence and tensions in recent weeks, Palestinian rights groups on Thursday condemned all "forms of attacks on civilians" and declared that the current situation cannot be "explained, addressed, or remedied" without a clear-eyed look at its root causes, which remain Israel's violations of international law and brutal control of the
New research finds, through their silence, mainstream news outlets are ‘legitimating’ U.S. military’s burn pits on civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mainstream media outlets are systematically disregarding the hazardous health impacts of widespread U.S. military burn pits on civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, thereby playing a direct role in “legitimating the environmental injustices of war,” a harrowing new scholarly report concludes. “During the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the US Department