Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The beautiful game ain't always so beautiful

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As if the rampant corruption in international soccer isn't enough to get folks to sit up and take notice of how money greases FIFA's...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

When the truth isn't so clear cut

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The story line was that the Ukrainian government under President Viktor Yanukovych precipitated the situation in Kiev by choosing to strengt...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

One last lap

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As y'all read this I will be out running through the streets of Houston for the final time. When I cross the finish line I will have com...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Serving two masters

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I will  prescribe  regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and  never do harm  to anyone. -- Hippocra...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Missing the point entirely

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A little bit over a week ago Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released reports that humanized the victims of US drone attacks ...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Update: Dying a free man

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Herman Wallace died yesterday. He died a free man after spending over 40 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana penitentiary known...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Hypocrisy and human rights

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Once upon a time there was a monarchy. The citizenry were divided into two distinct groups. The folks who belonged to the group the king bel...
Monday, September 30, 2013

The double standard of international law

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Charles Taylor will spend the next 50 years (should he live that long) cooling his heels in a prison in England , not because he committed w...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Making your bed and sleeping in it

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Oh, be so careful what you wish for. Millions cheered when Muhammed Morsi was deposed last month in Egypt. No, he was no friend of democr...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning cleared of aiding the enemy

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Bradley Manning knew what he was doing when he downloaded reams of government documents and forwarded them to WikiLeaks. He knew the informa...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Killing v. caging

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The other day my fellow blogger, Grits for Breakfast , left the following comment to a posting about how badly the State of Georgia wants to...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Forced feeding = torture

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Is it a form of torture to force feed a prisoner on hunger strike? Let's forget for a second the question of whether it's torture ...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Shutting down dissent anyway possible

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By now it is quite obvious to the most oblivious observer that President Obama has failed miserably in his attempt to close down the prison ...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Justice in Guatemala

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Yesterday in Guatemala we saw an example of just what democracy is all about. In a court of law former Guatemalan strongman Efrain Rios Mont...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

We certainly can't let a bit of repression get in the way of a race

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Stop me if we've been down this road before but the repressive government in Bahrain has launched raids to detain opposition activists p...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Tracking down betrayal

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Martin Almada is an attorney in Paraguay. He and his wife were teachers back in the 1970's when Gen. Alfredo Stroessner wielded his brut...
Friday, November 9, 2012

A tale of two men

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British Prime Minister David Cameron said the other day that he would support safe passage out of Syria for embattled dictator Bashar al-Ass...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Nothing to see here

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There is no question that the U.S. government has operated secret prisons around the world that have been used to torture detainees suspecte...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

An innocent man

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A man is kidnapped in Somalia. The warlord hands over to an official from another country who then sends the man to a secret prison somewher...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

And sometimes justice just happens

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It was 1981. Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was sitting in the stands watching a military parade and basking in the glory of being see...