The director of the documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about U.S. empire, militarism and environmental destruction, says we aren’t angry enough.
WATCH: Abby Martin on Standing Up to Monsters
Category: Human Rights
Force-Feeding ICE Detainees
“If they admit openly that there are hunger strikes,” said one lawyer, “they admit that the conditions in detention are so bad that people are willing to forgo food to raise awareness.”
Israel ‘Destroying Crucial Evidence of Genocide’
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says Israeli forces, by moving millions of tons of rubble that belong to Palestinians, are apparently violating a World Court order to preserve criminal evidence.
US Inciting Global Persecution of Dissidents
After Marco Rubio’s meeting last month to rally allies against “far-left terrorism,” an Argentine rights group considers the pattern of political persecution it seeks to export worldwide.
Jonathan Cook: Israel’s ICC Scalp
Any successor to the downfallen ICC chief prosecutor who tries to punish war crimes will be only too aware of the backlash against Khan, his predecessor Fatou Bensoud and the template case of Julian Assange.
Welcoming War Criminals
The International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials marked a litmus test for global stewardship, writes M. Reza Behram.
Doctors Group Calls It Still Genocide
Médecins Sans Frontières says Israeli violence in Gaza inflicts suffering on Palestinians every day but is calibrated to avoid stirring international outrage, Jessice Corbett reports.
Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy
To understand the spark in Tell, one must understand the explosive pressure cooker that the occupied West Bank has become, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Five More Palestine Activists Face ‘Terrorist’ Sentencing
Defendants were not told that a criminal damage case could carry a terrorism connection until after they were found guilty, reports John McEvoy.
US House Committee Targets Non-Profit Press Freedom
As part of a probe of leftwing nonprofits, a congressional committee subpoenaed BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.