Gina Haspel, Trump’s Pick for CIA Director, Ran a Black Site for Torture
Gina Haspel, directly involved in the most grotesque torture abuses, was nominated to lead the agency.
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The Rise of Trump Shows the Danger and Sham of Compelled Journalistic "Neutrality"
Newly created, corporate “objectivity” rules have, by design, neutered journalism as an adversarial force.
Russian Activists and Journalists Attacked at Chechen Border
Activists from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture were beaten by a group of masked men as they attempted to bring journalists into Chechnya.
Egypt Bars Journalist From Leaving Country as Crackdown on Dissent Widens
"The more the regime bleeds popularity," Egyptian reporter Hossam Bahgat says, "the more they look for dissidents to scapegoat."
U.S. First Shields Its Torturers and War Criminals From Prosecution, Now Officially Honors Them
With Joe Biden’s praise for Dick Cheney at the unveiling of his Capitol “bust,” the U.S. government signals to the world that it regards itself as exempt from the laws of wars, the Nuremberg prohibition against aggressive invasions, and global prohibitions on torture.