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Bahrain and Human Rights

by Anthony Newkirk | Jul 22, 2011

It is becoming painfully obvious that the United States is hostile to the “Arab Spring.” In Egypt, U.S. military aid programs remain in force, and in Yemen a “secret” U.S. war may be in the offing. In the United Arab Emirates plans may be afoot to develop a for-profit rapid reaction force (to crackdown, surely, on UAE citizens for “publicly insulting” their leader). The U.S. government continues to support the Israeli blockade of Gaza. But perhaps the quintessential example of U.S. reactionary policy is in the tiny Kingdom of Bahrain.

What Does Lowballing the Number of Dead Iraqi Civilians Tell Us About Ourselves?

by Russ Wellen | Jul 21, 2011

It’s shameful how threatened officials and the media are by accurate estimates of how many civilians died in the Iraq War.

Lagarde’s Victory: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

by Esther Ohrt | Jul 21, 2011

Today many in the developing world continue to be frustrated with the IMF’s structure since it doesn’t reflect the shifting power balance in the global economy.

Freedom Flotillas Will Sail Until Blockade of Gaza Is Lifted

by Steve Fake | Jul 20, 2011

Though Freedom Flotilla II was intercepted, it vows to regroup and fulfill its obligations to the besieged people of Gaza and to the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people around the world who funded and organized this act of solidarity.

Haiti’s Recovery Ultimately Contingent on Education

by Tania Smith | Jul 20, 2011

If education were made more of a priority, Haiti’s future would look much brighter.

Iran Missile Tests Timed to Capitalize on Gates’s Acknowledgment U.S. Tired of War?

by Nicholas Kariuki Githuku | Jul 19, 2011

It may have been a coincidence but the latest round of Iranian missile tests came seven days after the outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates acknowledged that Americans were “tired of a decade of war.”

Martelly: Haiti’s New Hope

by Tania Smith | Jul 19, 2011

Since the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake, Haitians have seen little improvement in their standard of living. More than 500,000 people remain displaced, the cholera epidemic worsens by the day, the living conditions for women and girls in tent camps are increasingly dangerous, there’s been lack of progress on issues of governance and land tenure, and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid have stalled Haiti’s recovery. Haitians are disillusioned with themselves, their government, and the international community.

Myanmar May Be Closer to Becoming Burma Again Than You Think

by Russ Wellen | Jul 19, 2011

Increased fighting by Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, along with low morale in the Myanmar army, suggest that the brutal government might not be as invulnerable to overthrow as previously thought.

Will Fukushima Survivors Be Doubly Victimized With Radiation Sickness and Stigmatization?

by Russ Wellen | Jul 18, 2011

Some Fukushima refugees have been exposed to the same stigmatization as Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s victims of radiation sickness

Justice Department Gives Torturers a Pass

by Peter Weiss | Jul 18, 2011

The Romans had an expression for it: “Nulla poena sine lege,” no punishment without a law. But people sometimes forget that the opposite is also true: Without punishment for offenders, a law itself can die.