Syrian civil rights groups say the arrest of a prominent human rights advocate is a worrying sign that the authorities are increasing pressure on civil society. Mohannad al-Hassani, the head of the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights, was arrested by the state security services on July 28 after being summoned for interrogations a third time. […]
Birthers Go Bonzo – Is It Bedtime?
Last week was the 40th. anniversary of the first moon landing. So, on CNN, Jim Clancy had the MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as guests to talk about their episode in which they debunk the "Moonlanders" claims that the landings were nothing more than a hoax, perpetrated by the U.S. government for propaganda. During the […]
Obama’s Preventive Detention Problem: Breaking It Down
President Barack Obama’s support for preventively detaining terrorism suspects undoubtedly surprised some of his longtime backers. Holding prisoners at Guantanamo, without the certainty of trial or release, was a defining feature of the previous administration’s counterterrorism policy – and some of its fiercest critics expected Obama to change the policies. But the possibility had been […]
Stop The Pork Lawsuit Butchered In Supreme Court
The Stop The Pork Lawsuit https://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2875068 by a group of New York taxpayers, including myself ,to end corporate welfare and its funding of eminent domain abuse suffered a setback from a decision by New York State Supreme Court Judge Michael Lynch on February 27th, 2009 http://politicalclassdismissed.com/wp-content/uploads/Decision%20of%20Judge%20Lynch.pdf when he found for the defendants and dismissed the suit. […]
Tough Two Weeks of Threats for Turkey
Posted by Deborah Anne Dilley to Global Voices Online The past two weeks have been tough for the Republic of Turkey as they have been dealing with enemies from within. On July 9th, a terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Istanbul has the authorities stumped as to who is responsible and why. And on […]
Crandall Canyon Families File Suit on Behalf of Miners Killed in August
– by Mike Hall The owners of the Crandall Canyon coal mine in Utah where six miners were killed last August used dangerous mining techniques and “were motivated by avarice and greed, at the expense of safety and human life,” the families of the six charged in a lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City last week. The lawsuit, filed April […]