Courts
-
House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users’ web history (Eric W. Dolan)
July 28, 2011 (Raw Story) -- The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and retain records about Internet users' activity. CNET ...
-
Ghana Cracks Down On Gays (Sydney Star Observer)
July 21, 2011 (Sydney Star Observer) -- Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the country’s west. Aidooo has tasked Ghana’s Burea ...
-
Confused Strategy: How the PA Sold Out Palestinian Unity (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 13, 2011 -- If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only ...
-
Human Rights Watch Calls For Investigation Of Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture
Inquiry Into 2 Deaths in CIA Custody Insufficient July 11, 2011 -- WASHINGTON, DC (Human Rights Watch) -- Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges President Barack Obama to ...
-
Mounting Evidence That Dominique Strauss Kahn Was Framed (Michel Chossudovsky)
July 7, 2011 (Global Research) -- While the media has gone to arms length to obfuscate the matter, there is mounting evidence that Dominique Strauss Kahn was framed. According to media reports, the 3 ...
-
Torture Crimes Officially, Permanently Shielded (Glenn Greenwald)
July 1, 2011 (Salon.com) -- In August, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder -- under continuous, aggressive prodding by the Obama White House -- announced that three categories of individuals responsib ...
-
Observations On The Day (Paul Craig Roberts)
June 29, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Americans are a doomed people for many reasons. One reason is that they are disunited and at one another’s throats and, thus, cannot stand up the tyranny ...
-
'Know Your Digital Rights' Guide -- Full Version (EFF)
By Hanni Fakhoury -- EFF Staff Attorney June 2011 Know Your Rights Whitepaper (pdf) EFF Police Tips (pdf) Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal infor ...
-
Know Your Digital Rights -- Tips For Talking To The Police -- Summary (EFF)
June 27, 2011 (EFF) -- The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now? Don’t consent to a search. • Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant ...
-
New York governor signs law approving gay marriage (Dan Wiessner)
People celebrate after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in New York June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi June 24, 2011 -- ALBANY, New York (Reuters) -- Governor Andrew Cuom ...
-
US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The legis ...
Page 27 of 35