Nonproliferation advocates on Wednesday expressed disappointment after the Biden administration released a summary of its latest Nuclear Posture Review, which fails to depart from decades of dangerous U.S. first use policy."This Nuclear Posture Review is a failure. It...
Right Groups Condemn Saudi Mass Executions as ‘Brutal’ Display of ‘Autocratic Rule’
Prominent international human rights groups and defenders on Tuesday condemned Saudi Arabia's recent execution of 81 people in a single day and called on the fundamentalist monarchy to enact a moratorium on capital punishment and commute the death sentences of all...
‘Racist’ New Israeli Law Bars Naturalization of Palestinian Spouses
A new law passed Thursday that effectively bans the naturalization of Palestinian spouses of Israeli Jews was condemned by human rights advocates in Israel and around the world, some of whom called it the latest manifestation of an apartheid regime.Reut Shaer, a...
House Dems Vow To Introduce War Powers Resolution for Yemen
A pair of progressive US lawmakers on Monday said that if President Joe Biden does not stop supporting the Saudi-led war against Yemen, they will work to pass a new war powers resolution to "end unconstitutional US participation" in the conflict. "We will not sit by...
New Amnesty Report Outlines ‘True Extent of Israeli Apartheid Regime’
Palestine advocates on Tuesday welcomed a new report in which Amnesty International became the latest on a growing list of human rights organizations to explicitly call Israeli policies and actions against Palestinians "apartheid."The report – entitled Israel's...
Leaked Report Suggests Impunity for IDF Troops in Deadly Stop of Palestinian-American Elder
Human rights advocates reacted angrily Sunday to a leaked report suggesting that no Israeli soldiers are likely to be charged in connection with the fatal detention of an elderly Palestinian-American man by occupation forces in a West Bank town earlier this...
Dems to Biden: Overhaul Drone Program That Has Killed Thousands of Civilians
A group of 50 Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Thursday sent a letter to President Joe Biden focusing on the "inexcusable" number of noncombatants killed by drone strikes in the 20-year so-called War on Terror and urging his administration to "review and overhaul"...
20 Years and 4 Presidents Later and Gitmo Still Not Closed
Human rights defenders marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba under the administration of former President George W. Bush by noting that three American presidents have come and gone without anyone being...
In the UK, Calls Grow To Revoke Tony Blair’s Knighthood Over Iraq War
Citing his role in the Iraq War and other devastating conflicts, hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom and beyond are calling for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to be stripped of his newly bestowed knighthood.As of Thursday afternoon, over...
After 1,000 Days in Belmarsh Prison, Campaigners Demand Freedom for Julian Assange
Press freedom campaigners on Wednesday marked Julian Assange's 1,000th day of imprisonment in London's Belmarsh Prison with renewed demands for the WikiLeaks publisher's freedom ahead of his looming potential extradition to the United States."Journalism is not a...


