News & Commentary about Human Rights
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Mar 13, 2013
The Sad State of Solitary in Florida: Is There Hope for this Human Rights Violation?
Mar 12, 2013
American Torture and the 'Heroic Imagination'
Mar 12, 2013
ACLU to Testify Today: Solitary Confinement is a Human Rights Violation Happening on U.S. Soil
Mar 11, 2013
The Change in Maine: The Pine Tree State Leads the Way on Solitary Confinement Reform
Mar 6, 2013
ACLU, in Geneva, Advocates Against Death Penalty, Solitary Confinement
Feb 28, 2013
ACLU Briefs German Parliamentarians on U.S. Targeted Killing Program
Feb 27, 2013
Let's Crowdsource Our Own Hollywood Movie About Torture
Feb 6, 2013
U.S. Violating Human Rights of Children, Says U.N. Committee