Freedom of Speech, Round 5,425
Katha Pollitt : Censorship
Two decades after the Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, not much has changed on either side of the cultural divide.
Human Rights & Civil Liberties
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2009
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Will Bush Be Prosecuted?
Countdown
The American public overwhelmingly supports an investigation into terror tactics. So why is Obama hesitating?
2008
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Iraq Interrogator Slams Torture
Matthew Alexander, an Air Force vet and interrogator based in Iraq, tells Jon Stewart he's "never seen coercive methods pay off."
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Close Gitmo, End Military Commissions
The ACLU leads a campaign to shed light on the abuses at Gitmo and to pressure Obama to keep his promise to shut it down.
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Worse Than Guantánamo
David Enders : Jails & Prisons
What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?
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The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
Alexander Cockburn : Law & Justice
The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.
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Letter From Vietnam
As Vietnam becomes a player in world trade, its human rights record and treatment of dissidents come under increased scrutiny. The world must do more.
2007
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Sacco & Vanzetti Today
History sheds no new light on their guilt or innocence. But it does make clear that their trial and execution was an unjust and intolerable act of barbarism.
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US Silence Muzzles Vietnam's Dissidents
Vietnam is experiencing its worst crackdown on human rights in decades, and US policy bears part of the blame.
2006
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A Letter to the American Left
Bernard-Henri Lévy : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.
2005
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Letter From Ground Zero
Jonathan Schell : Republican Party
The government manipulates popular movements at home and abroad.
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