by Robin Kirk | May 28, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Sotomayor was one of the appeals judges to hear the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was suing the US government over his extraordinary rendition in 2002. Suspected wrongly of being a terrorist, Arar was detained at JFK, then flown to Syria, where he...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 30, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Worth watching, if only for Stewart’s impassioned defense of human rights:Jon Stewart’s Extended Interview with Cliff May | Indecision Forever | Comedy Central
by Robin Kirk | Apr 28, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Just as the second invasion of Iraq was a (not so) carefully coordinated campaign of half truths and whole lies, the justfication for torture is beginning to fall completely apart. Not that it wasn’t already an evident fabrication, but… Today’s New...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 27, 2009 | Robin Kirk
This Los Angeles Times editorial on accountability for torture seems well thought out — there have been too many hysterics since the Obama administration released the torture memos and not enough calm thought. An in-depth and impartial investigation, possible...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 11, 2009 | Robin Kirk
An important opinion piece by Ken Roth in the Los Angeles Times. Under the guise of recovering from the 1994 genocide — whose 15th anniversary we mark this month — Rwandan president Paul Kagame has created a nation where dissent is not tolerated and talk...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 9, 2009 | Robin Kirk
When the son of Japanese immigrants was elected to Peru’s presidential palace in 1990, most Peruvians were thrilled. Finally, someone “like them” — not white, not born to privilege, a hard worker — was in power. People called him...
