United States: The World’s Leading Jailer
The United States has a longstanding policy of mass incarceration. Recent statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistic (BJS), a branch of the US Department of Justice, showed that the US has more than 2.4 million people behind bars on any given day, and an incarceration rate of 754 per 100,000 residents. This is the […]
Black Friday Means Tax Free Guns In South Carolina
For the second year in a row, in what is more a political statement than anything else, gun buyers in South Carolina will pay no sales tax this week-end. The so called “2ND Amendment sales tax holiday” is from Friday until midnight today. There will be no state sales tax on hand guns, rifles and […]
Gitmo: Symbol Of US Lawlessness And Human Rights Violations
Despite President Obama’s executive order, signed on January 22 ND 2009, the Guantanamo facility, which has been a thorn in America’s record on human rights, will be open for ” business” after the one year deadline. Yet, 9 months ago, the closing of the shameful facility was clearly on the top of the new administration’s […]
Did British Soldiers Torture Iraqi Civilians?
According to a report published today by The Independent, a British newspaper, some British soldiers recreated the torture conditions of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to commit sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi civilians. The matter is under investigation by Britain’s Ministry of Defense. “The fresh allegations raise important questions about collusion between Britain and […]
It Is Time To Abolish The Death Penalty
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is a premeditated and cold blooded killing of a human being by a state. This cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment is done in the name of justice. It is barbaric and violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of human […]
