December 2009
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A Framework for Impunity
(Originally posted on Daily Kos.) Since 2003, the ACLU and other U.S. human rights organizations have filed dozens of cases relating to the abuse and torture of prisoners. Some of these cases seek to enforce requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Others seek to impose civil liability on those who authorized or perpetrated the abuse. Since 2005, the ACLU has also advocated for the...
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Human smugglers in the UK
Human traffickers sell sex slave on Britain’s busiest street By Sophie Freeman Last updated at 11:19 AM on 08th December 2009 Pimps sold a young woman as a sex slave in broad daylight on Britain’s busiest shopping street. A brothel owner paid just £3,000 for the Lithuanian victim, a woman in her 20s, in the transaction on London’s Oxford Street. Police surveillance footage shows an...
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Monday, December 7, 2009 CNN Runs Report on ClimateGate, But Only Includes Guests Who Dispute ClimateGate On Sunday, during the 6:00 p.m. hour and again during the 7:00 p.m. hour, CNN NewsRoom, hosted by Don Lemon, ran a report by correspondent Mary Snow on ClimateGate — which was somewhat more balanced than the piece aired on November 25 — though this report similarly did not quote...