40 Years On, the Vietnam War Continues for Victims of Agent Orange

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Dec 17, 2015 A Vietnamese delegation is in the US to support a bill that would help remedy this humanitarian crisis, which inflicts suffering on both the old and the newly born The U has a moral obligation to make this bill law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Close Guantanamo and Return It to Cuba

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Nov 16, 2015 President Barack Obama has yet to fulfill the promise he made in his Jan. 22, 2009, executive order to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp "no later than one year from the date of this order." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Drone Papers’ Revelations Are a Cry for Ending the Slaughter

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Nov 5, 2015 The unidentified whistleblower calls on Americans to demand that the government stop an illegal, immoral and ultimately ineffectual campaign. The method of picking people to assassinate is a travesty, the source says. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Obama: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is on Cuba

By Art Heitzer and Marjorie Cohn Nov 2, 2015 Millions of Americans believe that President Obama has normalized relations with Cuba and ended over 50 years of American efforts to strangle its economy. So they might have been puzzled by the U.S.' opposition to a recent U.N. resolution. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kunduz Hospital Bombing: Probable Cause That the U.S. Committed a War Crime

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Oct 14, 2015 The Pentagon has access to video and audio recordings taken from the gunship that carried out the attack that killed 22, so officials must know what actually occurred. It's time for a full accounting. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The U.S. Has a Duty to the ‘Tempest-Tost’ Syrians

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 In addition to accepting more refugees, the United States must stop providing weapons, training and funding to the armed opposition forces and enlist Russia and Iran in pursuing a diplomatic solution to this tragic conflict. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

One Day Soon, That Drone Overhead May Be Pointing a Taser at You

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Sep 2, 2015 In a troubling and unprecedented action, North Dakota has legalized police use of drones carrying “less than lethal” weapons. Warrants? None needed. Other states could follow unless laws are written to stop this chilling threat. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

From Japan to Vietnam, Radiation and Agent Orange Survivors Deserve Justice From the U.S.

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Aug 20, 2015 Besides being criminal, the United States' use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its poisoning of Vietnam and Okinawa with Agent Orange are a shameful legacy The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add US insult to injury The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add insult to injury. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The U.S. Aids and Abets War Crimes in the Philippines

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 22, 2015 The International Peoples’ Tribunal on Crimes Against the Filipino People has found the U.S. government and that of the Philippines guilty of egregious human rights violations as an outgrowth of the war on terror. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

One Year After Gaza Massacre, UN Exposes Likely War Crimes

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 10, 2015 "The scale of the devastation was unprecedented" in Gaza, according to an independent commission convened by the United Nations. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

U.S. Leaders Aid Israeli Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

By Marjorie Cohn Aug 8, 2014 There is growing evidence that Israeli leaders and commanders have committed war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity as defined in the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court. The U.S. military has aided, abetted and assisted the commission of these crimes by providing Israel with the military means to commit them. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Turkish Spring: Lawyers Rounded Up

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jun 13, 2013 Because of their work in defending clients who challenge government policies, Turkish lawyers have been targeted by the government and the police in an ongoing and dangerous process of attorney criminalization. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )