The facial recognition surveillance system violates Palestinians’ human rights to freedom of movement and privacy, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Israel Using Biometric Cameras to Terrorize Palestinians
Category: Human Rights
Guantánamo Prisoner’s Graphic Details of US Torture
Previously unreleased drawings by Abu Zubaydah, featured in a new report, add further evidence of what the authors say the federal government, particularly the C.I.A., tried to conceal.
US ‘Seizes’ Web Domains Related to Hezbollah
Most of the dozen or so domains seized on Thursday were registered in the U.S. and belonged to Al Manar TV which is affiliated with the Lebanese resistance group.
Amnesty Calls for ‘Social Protection’ Rather Than Social Repression
Amnesty lamented that governments have turned to “repression and unnecessary and excessive use of force” against struggling demonstrators instead of addressing their core concerns, such as high food prices and paltry wages.
Craig Murray: Extreme Policing
People are getting arrested at a factory in the U.K. belonging to Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer for doing nothing but exercising the democratic right to protest.
A Year Since Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
Justice for the Al Jazeera journalist — so far delayed — would serve press freedom in the occupied territories, where at least 20 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in the last two decades.
The Poverty Trap
Lower interest rates and longer-term paybacks that match the pace of underlying social progress are key to successful development finance, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
There Is Wealth, But No Life in the Factories
The class struggle is alive and well, writes Vijay Prashad. Although one of the weaknesses of our time is that massive mobilizations have not been easily converted into political power.
Youth Delegation to Cuba Detained on Return to US
The People’s Forum — a participating organization in the trip — said travelers were held and questioned for hours at airports and phones were wrongfully seized and searched by custom officials.
Depleted Uranium: Courts Accept Cancer Risk Denied by UK Army
Italian veterans may be winning compensation for their wartime exposure, but Phil Miller reports the British army insists it is safe to supply Ukraine with the toxic tank shells.