John Kiriakou | Saudi Arabia Has No Business Chairing the UN Human Rights Council
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Saudi Arabia, that champion of religious freedom, civil liberties, and human rights, seems to have found itself as the new chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is despite the fact that the Kingdom is having a bad year, even by Saudi human rights standards, and has beheaded more people in 2015 than ISIS."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Saudi Arabia, that champion of religious freedom, civil liberties, and human rights, seems to have found itself as the new chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is despite the fact that the Kingdom is having a bad year, even by Saudi human rights standards, and has beheaded more people in 2015 than ISIS."
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Dan Froomkin | Rare Veto Keeps Obama's Options Open for Closing Gitmo
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
Froomkin writes: "President Obama broke his cycle of empty veto threats over Guantanamo on Thursday, sending a defense authorization bill back to Congress with a defiant message: 'Let's do this right.'"
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Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
Froomkin writes: "President Obama broke his cycle of empty veto threats over Guantanamo on Thursday, sending a defense authorization bill back to Congress with a defiant message: 'Let's do this right.'"
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Bernie Sanders Accomplished More Than Hillary Clinton Ever Did
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, has accomplished more as a lawmaker than his contender Hillary Clinton ever did, an in fact, he is one of the most effective members of Congress."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, has accomplished more as a lawmaker than his contender Hillary Clinton ever did, an in fact, he is one of the most effective members of Congress."
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Files for El Salvador Lawsuit Against CIA Stolen From University Office
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Just over two weeks after the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court against the CIA for the intelligence agency's refusal to release declassified documents, the office of the center's director was broken into, with data and equipment stolen."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Just over two weeks after the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court against the CIA for the intelligence agency's refusal to release declassified documents, the office of the center's director was broken into, with data and equipment stolen."
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Ohio's Weed War: Corporations, Activists Clash Over Legal Pot
Ben Wofford, Rolling Stone
Wofford writes: "Why are corporate raiders and old-school activists locked in a battle for the soul of the marijuana movement?"
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Ben Wofford, Rolling Stone
Wofford writes: "Why are corporate raiders and old-school activists locked in a battle for the soul of the marijuana movement?"
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For Israel, 'Human Rights' Has Meant the Right to Dominate Palestinians
Belen Fernandez, In These Times
Fernandez writes: "The idea of human rights has too often been put to use by perpetrators rather than victims."
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Belen Fernandez, In These Times
Fernandez writes: "The idea of human rights has too often been put to use by perpetrators rather than victims."
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Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded Barrels Toward Mexico
Jason Samenow, The Washington Post
Samenow writes: "Early Friday, the behemoth Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever measured by the National Hurricane Center. Patricia is forecast to make landfall on Mexico's west central coast late Friday with destructive winds, torrents of rain, and a devastating storm surge."
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Jason Samenow, The Washington Post
Samenow writes: "Early Friday, the behemoth Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever measured by the National Hurricane Center. Patricia is forecast to make landfall on Mexico's west central coast late Friday with destructive winds, torrents of rain, and a devastating storm surge."
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