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Judge rules office of “America’s toughest sheriff” racially profiled Latinos
A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff infamous for his tough approach to immigration law enforcement and his office’s deputies violated the rights
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Undercover police cleared ‘to have sex with activists’
Undercover police officers routinely adopted a tactic of “promiscuity” with the blessing of senior commanders, according to a former agent who worked in a secretive unit of
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America’s Corrupt Justice System: Federal Private Prison Populations Grew by 784% in 10 Year Span
By David Harris-Gershon (@David_EHG) From 1999-2010, the total U.S. prison population rose 18 percent, an increase largely reflected by the “drug war” and stringent sentencing guidelines, such as
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US government admits to killing four American citizens with drones
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has informed Congress that four American citizens have been killed in Yemen and Pakistan by US drones since 2009.
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Reagan Backed Ex-Dictator Jorge Videla and Argentina’s Dirty War
The 87-year-old ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Videla died Friday in prison where he was serving sentences for grotesque human rights crimes in the 1970s and 1980s.
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78 trans murders in 2013, mutilation common
BY RAKSHITA PATEL New figures claim 78 trans people have already been killed in 13 countries this year and 1,233 in 59 countries since January 2008
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“Don’t interact, don’t talk, they are not humans” – Gitmo guard’s basic orders
One of the methods used to extract information from Muslim inmates in Guantanamo was to apply sexual interrogation techniques, Terry Holdbrooks, former guard at the
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France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage
by Joseph Patrick McCormick Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been evacuated, after a former far-right activist committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after
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In Colorado, Blacks Make Up 4 Percent Of The Population And 100 Percent Of Death Row
By Nicole Flatow In March, Colorado came close to becoming the 19th state to abolish the death penalty, but the bill failed after Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) voiced opposition and
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