Taking Responsibility for Torture

"In one crucial respect, however, the Senate report falls short. By putting the blame for the program exclusively on the C.I.A., it fails to acknowledge that responsibility for it does not stop there. President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Attorney General John Ashcroft, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, among others, all signed off on the authorization to use enhanced interrogation techniques"….By David Cole

An interior view of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, at the C.I.A. headquarters, in Langley, Virginia. Photograph By Christopher Morris/VII

Floor Statement By Senator John McCain On Senate Intelligence Committee Report On CIA Interrogation Methods

"Most of all, I know the use of torture compromises that which most distinguishes us from our enemies, our belief that all people, even captured enemies, possess basic human rights, which are protected by international conventions the U.S. not only joined, but for the most part authored." Senator John McCain

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For Russian Kids, A Disability Often Means Life In An Orphanage

"Even in the most developed countries, advocates struggle to obtain

civil rights and humane treatment for disabled people,

but Russia seems to be moving slower than most".

Courtesy of Anastasia Daunis

UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

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INDIA AND CHINA ABSTAINED, WHILE 25 COUNTRIES, MOSTLY FROM WESTERN AND LATIN AMERICA, VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.

India gets first transgender news anchor

Supreme Court recently recognised "third gender" status for the transgender community [Courtesy Padmini Prakash]

The 3 L's of women's empowerment

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Photo by: International Monetary Fund / CC BY-NC-ND

Human Rights Abuse to Gay Population / Activists in Russia

Crimes against Humanity

Human rights for all citizens of Ukraine, including those in Crimea

70th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportation

      Photo via Крим SOS facebook page

Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria

Support Ukraine Revolution for a Better Life

EuroMaidan Facebook Support: Black Profiles, Blue-And-Yellow Ribbons Follow Violent Ukraine Protests

North Korea and Human Rights

URGENT! The Need for Global Advocates