Military contractors accused of torture
After the shame: Prison abuse scandal deepens (FCN, 05-25-2004) NEW YORK - A former Abu Ghraib “ghost” detainee has leveled new torture claims...
CIA refuses to release info on secret detentions
Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz (UK Guardian, 04-23-2008)Pentagon’s Guantanamo tribunals are ruled illegal (FCN, 02-17-2005) NEW...
Nigeria moves to tackle food crisis
Could the global food crisis impact America? (FCN, 04-30-2008) ABUJA, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has announced plans to import 500,000 metric tons of rice...
A native son returns to help his people
Calherbe Muhammad was sent to the United States some 17 years ago by his family to attain an education to help him return one...
West demands regime change for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Ambassador: Self-determination is at root of conflict (FCN, 04-22-2008) Zimbabwe and the Power of Propaganda (GlobalResearch.ca, 04-16-2008) Zimbabwe President rips 'hypocrites' Bush and Blair...
Rising food prices increase Haiti’s agony
One-on-One Interview with Haitian activist Noluthando Williams (FCN, 11-15-2007)Haiti represents more than chronic poverty (FCN, 10-26-2006)How the U.S. impoverished Haiti (FCN, 09/10/2003) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)...
Do county payments to judges amount to bribes?
They are drafting legislation to require judges to provide financial disclosure forms to parties that come before them in courtrooms, including who...
U.S. allies in Middle East accused of rights abuses
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - At least 14 Middle East and North African governments are systematically violating the civil liberties of their citizens, according...
Venezuela; tensions eased in Colombian standoff
Activists protest in New York UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Activists answered the call from El Comite Contra La Violencia En Colombia and the International Action...
U.S. human rights hypocrisy exposed
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The same day President Bush decided to tell Democratic presidential nominee hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) that if he met...