Biden once said the U.S. should never “check its principles at the door just to buy oil or sell weapons.” He should take his own advice.
It’s Time to Reassess Our Relationship With Israel
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.
From Aleppo to Gaza: A Handy Guide for Defending War Crimes
The rhetoric Israel’s defenders have used to defend its assault on Gaza is a mirror image of that employed by apologists for Syria’s regime.
U.S. War Crimes in Yemen: Stop Looking the Other Way
The State Department warned for years that the U.S. was complicit in war crimes in Yemen. No one put a stop to it.
Don’t Just Focus on Trump’s Crimes at Home
Trump’s war on the law extends beyond flouting Congress and packing courts — overseas, it extends to arguable crimes against humanity.
Bernie’s Broadsides Against Kissinger Weren’t Even Half of It
The former secretary of state, whose “mentorship” Hillary Clinton boasted during the last Democratic debate, isn’t just a poor choice of foreign policy adviser. He’s a bona fide war criminal.
The Jig Is Up in Guatemala
Guatemala’s highest court, ruling on appeals filed by the defense, has annulled former dictator Jose Efrain Ríos Montt’s 80-year sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity. The Constitutional Court declared invalid all proceedings that took place after April 19, including the verdict and sentencing. Whether the trial can be picked up again from that date is unclear. What is clear, however, is that the trial has lifted the curtain on Guatemala’s bloody past. The verdict reached far beyond the question of how a man who once commanded a brutal army will spend his last years.
Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes — Emira Woods Available for Comment
“The long-awaited verdict of the Special Court brings some measure of justice to a region ripped apart by brutality, greed, and proxy geopolitical actors,” Woods said.