Human Rights
Obama shortens Chelsea Manning’s term
January 18, 2017“Chelsea will walk out of Fort Leavenworth a free woman in four months, on May 17th.”
Read moreColombian prisoner David Ravelo must go free
January 5, 2017Ravelo's case is now before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Read moreThis week in history: Nobelist Emily Greene Balch, founder of WILPF
January 3, 2017Emily Greene Balch was born 150 years ago on January 8, 1867. She was an academic, writer and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
Read moreThe U.S. and Cuba, human rights and hypocrisy
December 12, 2016The fight here in the U.S. to expand the concept of human rights to cover material conditions of life will soon be harder than ever.
Read moreActivists turn Chicago police torture site at Homan Square into Freedom Square
July 27, 2016The occupation is one of several national protests currently being led by African-American-led organizations.
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