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The Speech I Hope the President Will Give

By Alan Jenkins
September 7, 2009

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Torture, Accountability, and the Future

By Alan Jenkins
April 21, 2009

Article 1 of the International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment provides, in simple terms, that “torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession….” The Convention reaffirms th more »

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Hometown: Sewickley, PA
Interests: Human Rights
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Using Justice Against Us

By Batocchio
November 7, 2008

Among the many decisions facing Barack Obama is what to do about the military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, and the many prisoners held there for years, in most cases without trials or charges. On a larger scale, Obama and his team will be judging the Bush administration's very notions of justice, and the world will be watching. more »

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Rights Group Condemns U.S., NATO Air Strikes

From mcclatchydc.com
September 8th, 2008

mcclatchydc.com — U.S. and NATO air bombings in Afghanistan have killed more than 500 civilians since 2006, fueling a public backlash against the coalition's war effort, a prominent human rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch, an international organization based in New York, blamed some of the civilian deaths on Taliban and al Qaida insurgents who create "human shields" by blending into populated areas. But the group also criticized mainly U.S. commanders for launching bombing raids under looser military "rules of engagement" than those followed by other NATO nations with troops in Afghanistan.

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