by Robin Kirk | Apr 29, 2013 | Robin Kirk
Margaret Thatcher’s death reminded many of her more outrageous policies, including the failure to constructively deal with prison-based protests, like hunger strikes. In Northern Ireland’s Long Kesh prison, also known as the Maze, ten men who belonged to...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 10, 2011 | Robin Kirk
On the morning of September 11, I was having the first slow day after weeks of intense work in my job as a senior researcher for the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. In Washington, I had been meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell’s staff, who were...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 28, 2010 | Robin Kirk
When I was a junior at the University of Chicago, I took Modern Drama with the late Frank Kinahan. Professor Kinahan was famous for his contention that the great literature of the 20th Century was written by Irishmen, often under the influence of drink. Kinahan...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 14, 2009 | Robin Kirk
“If Americans torture and it comes to light — as it inevitably will — it embitters and alienates the very people we need most.” Charles C. Krulak was commandant of the Marine Corps from 1995 to 1999. Joseph P. Hoar was commander in chief of...
by Robin Kirk | Aug 25, 2009 | Robin Kirk
The just-released report by the CIA Inspector General (CIA IG) is one of a series of documents released yesterday about the US torture program. The report dates from 2004, but has lots of new detail. What you need to know about yesterday’s revelations (via...
