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Dealing with the Forever Prison of America's Forever Wars

"With sufficient political will and swift action, your administration can finish the job."

If we are to confront white supremacy in its totality, this means that we must understand its place in the war on terror and the ways in which they intersect and fuel each other.

“This is most definitely a global issue…We must not allow the call for human rights to be hijacked. Accountability must be part of the justice and democratic system.”

...we will continue to...ensure that the story of Abu Ghraib won’t be defined by what is in those photographs, but instead what was done about it.

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Impunity Guaranteed for Torturers (and Presidents)

A dictatorship-era torturer is suing one of his victims in Brazil in a stark reminder of how Bolsonaro emboldens rights abusers.

Brazil’s ex-president talks about memory, camaraderie, resistance, and politics 50 years after her political incarceration.

Addameer has hard evidence on the crimes of torture and ill-treatment committed against a number of detainees held at interrogation centers since late August 2019.