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Colombia’s FARC May Soon Be On The Ballot

The FARC rebels have tried to play party politics before — and it ended in murder. Nearly 30 years later, will the guerrillas make a safer swap of guns for ballots?

John Otis
Par John Otis

BOGOTA, Colombia — Ongoing peace talks in Cuba between the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas have included foreign rebels-turned-politicians from Northern Ireland, El Salvador, Nicaragua and South Africa. Their message to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group has boiled down to this: “If we can do it, so can you.” Yet even though one of

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For Prisoners ‘Abandoned’ In Gitmo ‘Hell,’ Struggle Not Over

At least 18 inmates continue to refuse food; advocates declare injustice, torture, unlawful detention remain.

Sarah Lazare
Par Sarah Lazare
In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a detainee shields his face as he peers out through the so-called "bean hole" which is used to pass food and other items into detainee cells, in Camp Delta detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

While both military officials at Guantanamo Bay and lawyers for prisoners say that the numbers of actively participating hunger strikers at the offshore prison have decreased to the point where the hunger-strike is no longer considered prison-wide, at least 18 inmates continue to refuse food—meaning the hunger strike is not over—and conditions for

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Journalist Faces Jail Time For Refusing To Disclose Identity Of Source

In a move many are decrying as a violation of media shield laws, a Chicago-area journalist is being penalized for refusing to reveal a confidential source.

Katie Rucke
Par Katie Rucke

For refusing to reveal the identify of his sources, Judge Gerald Kinney of Illinois’s Will County Circuit Court has fined editor Joseph Hosey a one-time $1,000 fine, plus an additional $300 penalty for every day he does not disclose to the court who gave him the police reports related to a double murder in Illinois earlier this year. Hosey is the

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Private Prisons Demand States Fill Their Empty Beds

The industry has contracts requiring states cough up a certain quota of criminals to be imprisoned.

Frederick Reese
Par Frederick Reese

Prison is big business in the United States. In 2010, the nation’s private prisons held roughly 130,000 prisoners and 16,000 civil immigration detainees at any one point, leading to annual revenues for the two top private prison companies -- Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group -- of nearly $3 billion. This has created a system in

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Report: A Global Financial Crisis Is Also A Global Health Crisis

World Health Organization data show a global increase in suicides during the Great Recession.

Trisha Marczak
Par Trisha Marczak

According to a new report issued through World Health Organization data, the Great Recession has been deadly. The University of Hong Kong report indicates male suicide rates are directly linked with downward trends in the economy, pinning a correlation between health and the global market that has previously been overlooked. The report indicates

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America’s Human Rights Record Challenged As UN Review Looms

Advocacy groups point to a slew of violations ahead of a U.N. review of the U.S. human rights record.

Frederick Reese
Par Frederick Reese

On Monday, the United States Human Rights Network held its National Day of Action for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in recognition of the United States’ upcoming ICCPR review before the United Nations in October. In light of recent activities -- including the repeal of Title V of the Voting Rights Act, drone bombing on

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