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Ear to the Ground: China Jails Dissident for Poem Sent Over Internet

Reports: Why Russia Just Can’t Quit Syria’s Dictator

Ear to the Ground: White House Restores Diplomatic Relations With Burma

Reports: Dispatches From Cairo: Egypt’s War on NGOs

Cartoons: Go Away

Ear to the Ground: Jimmy Carter Still Has Hope

Ear to the Ground: Saudi Arabia’s Radical King Gives Women the Right to Vote

Reports: Prosecuting War Crimes? Be Sure to Read the Fine Print

Cartoons: Assad the Monster

Ear to the Ground: Pakistani Lawyer Blocked From U.S. After Suing CIA on Drone Strikes

Ear to the Ground: Obama Nearly Triples Bagram Detainee Population

Ear to the Ground: U.K. Cheers On Arab Spring While Training Its Opponents

Ear to the Ground: Syria Turns Facebook on Protesters

Truthdig Podcast: Truthdig Radio: How the U.S. Co-Opted Human Rights

A/V Booth: Truthdig Radio: How the U.S. Co-Opted Human Rights

Ear to the Ground: Dear Hillary Clinton, Our Human Rights Record Is ‘Deplorable’ Too

Ear to the Ground: China on U.S. Human Rights Scolding: Look Who’s Talking

A/V Booth: ‘Democracy Now!’: Psychologist Accused of Torture in Guantanamo Interrogations

Cartoons: Syria Father and Son

Ear to the Ground: Thai PM Survives No-Confidence Vote

Ear to the Ground: South Sudan Battles Rebels

Ear to the Ground: Thai PM Is a British Citizen

Ear to the Ground: Obama and Hu Play Up the Positive

Ear to the Ground: Henry Kissinger’s Appalling Human Rights Record

Ear to the Ground: No Punishment Over Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes

Ear to the Ground: Wikileaks Unloads 400,000 Documents on Iraq

Cartoons: The Nobel Peace Prize 2010

Ear to the Ground: And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to ...

Ear to the Ground: China Cracking Down on ‘Black Jails’

Reports: Formalizing Israel’s Land Grab

Ear to the Ground: Court Finds Khmer Rouge Officer Guilty of War Crimes

Ear to the Ground: Iran Backs Away From Stoning Case

Ear to the Ground: Utah Executes Man by Firing Squad

Cartoons: Space Invaders

A/V Booth: Israeli PM Says He Regrets Loss of Life

Ear to the Ground: Thousands March on Phoenix (Updated)

Ear to the Ground: Inching Toward a Ban on Land Mines

Ear to the Ground: Death by Firing Squad

Ear to the Ground: Gays Get Hospital Visitation Rights

Ear to the Ground: President Obama Calls for ‘End to Repression’ in Cuba

Reports: The Terrifying World of Pakistan’s ‘Disappeared’

Reports: Israel Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot

Ear to the Ground: Nigerian Governor Says Army Ignored Massacre Warnings

Ear to the Ground: Gaza War Still Stirs Divisions in Israel

Ear to the Ground: Afghan Immunity Law Stirs Up Anger

A/V Booth: The ‘Cross-Dressing Cannibals’ of Liberia

Reports: The Terror-Industrial Complex

Ear to the Ground: Missionary Release

Ear to the Ground: Irish Abortion Law Is Targeted

Ear to the Ground: European Human Rights Group, U.S. Media Decry SCOTUS Ruling

Ear to the Ground: Chinese Police Cancel ‘Mr. Gay China’ Pageant

Ear to the Ground: Portugal Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Ear to the Ground: Fujimori’s Sentence Upheld

Ear to the Ground: Chinese Activist Sentenced to 11 Years

Ear to the Ground: Get Pregnant, Get Court-Martialed

Ear to the Ground: Houston Elects Gay Mayor

Ear to the Ground: 2003 Nobel Winner Says Iran Took Her Medal

Ear to the Ground: Rights Groups Give FIFA a Yellow Card

Ear to the Ground: Russia Kills the Death Penalty

Ear to the Ground: Obama Has Tough Love for China

Ear to the Ground: Rights Group Fires Back at Israel

Ear to the Ground: Obama Promises End to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Again.

A/V Booth: The Dalai Lama on Compassion, ‘Man-Made Problems’

Ear to the Ground: Widespread Rape, 157 Dead in Guinea ‘Hell’

Ear to the Ground: Israel to Palestinians: Have We Got a Deal for You

Ear to the Ground: Botched Execution Gives Chance for Testimony

Ear to the Ground: U.N. Finds Israel War Crimes in Gaza

Ear to the Ground: The Body Shop Under Fire

Ear to the Ground: Afghan Civilian Toll Rises

Ear to the Ground: China Pledges Fewer Executions

Ear to the Ground: Israeli Arabs Feel the Squeeze

Ear to the Ground: Carter Breaks With Southern Baptists Over Gender Equality Issue

Ear to the Ground: Israeli Soldiers Blame Loose Rules for Gaza Deaths

Ear to the Ground: Obama Comes Closer to Meddling

Ear to the Ground: U.N. Official Calls for Probe of Sri Lanka War Crimes

Ear to the Ground: Gaza Probe Gets No Help From Israel

Ear to the Ground: Torture on Obama’s Watch

Ear to the Ground: The Fierce Urgency of Whenever

Ear to the Ground: D.C. Council Opens Its Eyes

Ear to the Ground: U.S. to Release More Torture Photos

Ear to the Ground: Obama Seeks ‘New Beginning’ With Cuba

Ear to the Ground: A Decision Not to Prosecute

Ear to the Ground: Iowa Is 3rd State to Recognize Gay Marriage

Ear to the Ground: Israel’s Gaza Inquiry Finds Israel Innocent

Reports: Human Rights Defenders Have It Tough in the Mideast

Ear to the Ground: This Is How We Did It

Ear to the Ground: U.N. Warns of Sri Lankan War Crimes

Ear to the Ground: Nigeria’s War on Gayness

Reports: Nine Secret Bush-Era Documents Released

Ear to the Ground: The ICC’s First Tooth

Ear to the Ground: Room for Improvement ... Even at Home

Ear to the Ground: Rebutting the False Choice Between Security and Freedom

Ear to the Ground: Palestinians Push for War Crimes Inquiry

Ear to the Ground: Israeli PM Promises to Shield Troops From War Crime Trials

A/V Booth: You Got Obama. What Now?

Ear to the Ground: Israel Admits It ‘May Have Used’ Chemical Weapon

Ear to the Ground: Holder States the Obvious

Ear to the Ground: China Takes the Bronze in GDP

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Fails in Human Rights Role

Reports: Torture Proponents Have No Serious Argument

Ear to the Ground: Israel Blocks U.N. Envoy at Airport

Ear to the Ground: Unions Join Greek Unrest

Ear to the Ground: Cluster Bomb Treaty Steps Forward

Reports: A Less Perfect Union: Gay Marriage and the Subversion of the Republic

Ear to the Ground: Afghan Court Resentences Activist

Ear to the Ground: Digging Into Franco’s Bloody Reign

Ear to the Ground: Conn. Court Overturns Anti-Gay Marriage Law

Ear to the Ground: Palestinian Security Forces Accused of Torture

Ear to the Ground: Argentine ‘Dirty War’ Murderer Gets Life

Ear to the Ground: China to Allow ‘Protest Lite’

Cartoons: Canada’s Slight Detour

Reports: Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime

Ear to the Ground: Canada to Apologize to Indigenous Groups

Ear to the Ground: Probe Reopened in ‘73 Murder of Chilean Singer

Ear to the Ground: Mugabe Plays Politics ... With Everything

Ear to the Ground: Egyptian Blogger Endured ‘Weeks of Torture and Humiliation’

Ear to the Ground: Ex-NBA Star:  Olympians Should Speak About Human Rights in China

Ear to the Ground: Amnesty International Points to 60 Years of Failure

Ear to the Ground: U.N. to Resume Burma Aid

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Releases Journalist After 6 Years

Ear to the Ground: A Papal Primer on Global Diplomacy

Ear to the Ground: Controversies Live On After Suharto’s Death in Indonesia

Ear to the Ground: Bush Says Musharraf ‘Hasn’t Crossed the Line’

Arts and Culture: Rambo to the Rescue in Burma

Ear to the Ground: Britain to Investigate ‘CIA Black Site’

Ear to the Ground: Europe Rallies Against Capital Punishment

Ear to the Ground: Gordon Brown: Burma Death Toll ‘Far Greater’

Ear to the Ground: Burma Protest Goes Massive

Ear to the Ground: Monks Lead Protest in Myanmar

Ear to the Ground: U.S. and UK Want U.N. Back in Iraq

Reports: Young Scholars Tell the President ‘No’ on Torture

Ear to the Ground: Report: Rights Abuse Is Easing Under Raul

Ear to the Ground: Vatican Shuns Amnesty International

Ear to the Ground: Gitmo Detainee Commits Suicide

Reports: Shutting Down Guantanamo

Truthdig Podcast: Shutting Down Guantanamo

Ear to the Ground: Yahoo Sued for Collaborating With China

Ear to the Ground: Cuba Leads Charge to End U.N. Human Rights Investigations

Ear to the Ground: China to U.S.: You Should Talk

Ear to the Ground: Egyptian Blogger Faces 4 Years in Prison

Ear to the Ground: Israeli Bombing ‘Broke U.S. Arms Deal Terms’

Ear to the Ground: Report: EU Nations Knew of CIA Abductions

Ear to the Ground: Thatcher Saddened by Despot’s Death

Reports: Women in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Britain’s Alleged Torture Hypocrisy

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week: Mayor Ross ‘Rocky’ Anderson

Ear to the Ground: Iranian Ex-Leader Slams the West

Multimedia Gallery: A Visit to The White House: Bush Meets with Omar bongo Ondimba

Ear to the Ground: Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Torture

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Occupation Is Worse Than Hussein

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