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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with injustice

Reflections On Mohamed Jawad's Release From GuantáNamo
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, injustice, guantanamo )

Eleanor
- 84 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
Long-time readers of my work will know that I championed the cause of Mohamed Jawad, the Afghan prisoner released from Guantánamo on August 24, for nearly two years, from the moment that he was, ludicrously, put forward for a trial by Military Commission
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Take Action: Getting the Truth About America's Tortured Past
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, human rights, torture, injustice, investigation )

Jelica
- 91 days ago - action.humanrightsfirst.org
Getting the Truth about America's Tortured Past Urge President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry on torture to make sure we don't repeat past mistakes. calls on President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry to evaluate the full cost of abuses, loo
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Henry Buffalo: Tenacity for Ojibwe Treaty Rights
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, injustice, food, jailed, hunting )

Lone
- 111 days ago - indiancountrynews.net
For more than a hundred years the State of Wisconsin illegally enforced fish and game regulations against the Lake Superior Chippewa. Many hunters went to jail for trying to feed their familes, while the people suffered from not getting deer meat and fish
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PETITION Michigan Governor for RELEASE of LATINO HONOR STUDENT SERVING 3 LIFE SENTENCES for CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: injustice, wrongful conviction, Efren Paredes, police, prosecutor, unethical conduct, betrayal public trust, mediafed false info, Paul Ciolino, chief investigative advisor, Northwestern U Law School's, Center on Wrongful Convictions )

Alba
- 129 days ago - theunapologeticmexican.org
Learn about innocent 15-yr-old Latino former high school honor student Efren Paredes, Jr. wrongly convicted of 1989 murder&armed robbery. World renowned wrongful convictions expert Paul Ciolino & NationalLawyersGuild endorse efforts to free Efren.
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NAACP: Don't Let Them Kill Troy Davis
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, injustice, death penalty, wrongly convicted )

Davida
- 175 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
The U.S. Supreme Court will "conference" on Troy Davis' most recent appeal on June 25th. NCADP will alert you on the outcome of that decision and next steps just as soon as possible. The NAACP has posted an action on the case and issued a statement.
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Tell the Georgia Deptartment of Corrections To Remove Troy Davis Gag Order NOW!!!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyAnthonyDavis, TroyDavis, Freedom-of-Speech, rights, HumanRights, CivilRights, execution, news, death, prison, shadow-of-doubt, injustice, u.s., world, politics, americans, constitution, cover-up, crime, corruption, ethics )

SirRobert
- 180 days ago - care2.com
Troy Anthony Davis is being held in a Georgia prison, gag-ordered not to speak out on his own behalf, and facing another possible execution date pending. Other inmates in his situation are being allowed the Freedom of Speech, but not him! TAKE ACTION!!!
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End Homelessness! (Change Org.)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Homelessness, Poor people vs Rich people, injustice, social welfare )

Ben
- 219 days ago - homelessness.change.org
The View From Tent City, U.S.A. "Having worked the streets of Nashville, Tennessee as a homeless outreach specialist for the past two years, I've had ample opportunity to spend time in a number of homeless encampments, or "tent cities"...
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Forgotten in GuantáNamo: British Resident Shaker Aamer
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: guantanamo, injustice, torture, detention without trial )

Eleanor
- 259 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
...one of hundreds of Guantánamo prisoners who were sold to US forces for a bounty payment, his eloquence and influence unnerved the authorities at Guantánamo to such an extent that they mistakenly concluded that he was a leader of al-Qaeda.
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Ending The Cruel Isolation Of Ali Al-Marri, The Last US "Enemy Combatant"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, solitary confinement, injustice )

Eleanor
- 267 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
...bringing to an end the Qatari national's disturbing imprisonment for five years and eight months without charge or trial in a state of solitary confinement that is unprecedented in the "War on Terror."
7 comments
Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Gets Slap on Wrist By Using Blackmail of Government Secrets
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Kyle Foggo, fraud, contract steering, Wilkes, government secrets, justice, injustice, military contracts )

RC
- 422 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The CIA'S former 3rd-ranked administrator Kyle Foggo pleaded guilty to 1 count of wife fraud & had 27 other charges against him dismissed in the US Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Read the story to find out how he got away with a 3 year sentence.
25 comments
The First Amendment and Native Americans: Does It Apply to Them?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: First Amendment, Native Americans, Forst Service, injustice, Ninth Circuit )

RC
- 459 days ago - grassrootsnetroots.org
Apparently not, accodrding to the Ninth Circuit court. Read this infuriating account of how some Native Americans were denied protection of sacred land in favor of - SKIING!
46 comments
CIA Has 7,000 Documents Relating to Rendition, Detention, Torture Programs, Filing Shows
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, CIA, torture, injustice, cover-up, lies )

Elisa
- 581 days ago - rawstory.com
The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged having 7,000 pages of documents pertaining to President George W. Bush's secret rendition and detention programs, according to three international
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Torturers in the White House
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, injustice, torture )

Elisa
- 581 days ago - progressive.org
Why is this not bigger news? Remember when the nation was brought to a virtual standstill over Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern?
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